Shitstorm ‘best English gift to German language’ in 2011
Germany’s The Local:
Germany needed Shitstorm, according to a group of language experts who elected the word as the top English contribution to the German language last year.
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The jury said in a statement on Monday: “Shitstorm fills a gap in the German vocabulary that has become apparent through changes in the culture of public debate.”
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The Anglicism of the Year contest, organised since 2010 by University of Hamburg linguist Anatol Stefanowitsch, is designed to recognise English’s contribution to German as the language evolves.
A fine choice.