Ask Amy: Teen besties might not be a good match
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Dear Amy, I am disappointed to see you pandering to extremists by adopting made-up meaningless words like “nibling.”
As cute a word as it is, our language unites us culturally and regionally.
Please don’t be bullied into divisive language by new age political correctness.
Thank you for your consideration.
– Ann
Dear Ann: Language is always changing and (to use synonyms employed through the last 100 years) I think this evolution is: capital, dandy, cool, awesome, rad, certified fresh, and dy-no-mite!
I especially like the term “nibling,” when referring to a sibling’s offspring. This word is not offered up by “extremists,” but seems to have bubbled up through the word soup, after swimming just below the surface for several decades.
According to Merriam-Webster, “nibling” was first coined by a Yale professor “… in the early 1950s but was relatively obscure for several decades before being revived in recent years.”
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