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April 15, 2016

Strange But True!

Q. What impact is the Internet having on the English language? And by the way, are your eyebrows “on fleek”?

A. The Internet “provides a conduit for new language to spread worldwide, performing a role that once only major TV broadcasts could fulfill,” says Hal Hodson in New Scientist magazine. Just ask Peaches Monroee, who in a Vine video described her newly shaped eyebrows as “on fleek,” that is, “looking good.” Almost immediately, the video went viral, currently with some 38 million viewers, and has even been made into a Nicki Minaj song.


 
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