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Online, Chinese Spin English Words For New Meaning


November 18, 2012



November 18, 2012

 
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November 18, 2012

An unusual list of words popped up recently on China's Twitter equivalent, Weibo. The words are in English, but they've gone viral on the Chinese Twittersphere. Chinese "netizens" have come up with satirical misspellings of "democrazy" and "freedamn."

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