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conulyEnglish Has a New Preposition, Because Internet
http://bit.ly/I2A7vd
The comments are surprisingly level-headed, though there are a number of people saying variations on "bah, this is just people too lazy/space constrained to say "because of!", something which seems to be pretty indefensible if you try inserting "of" in all the sample sentences or any others you can think of.
On another language-y note, I kinda had to giggle at this Not Always Right (http://notalwaysright.com/to-term-a-contradiction/33149). It seems a little backwards to blame "opposite-y" on Twilight when Buffy is kinda sorta the definition of, well, Buffyspeak. Even the OED is apparently in on it.
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BuffySpeak
http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2012/08/buffy-the-vampire-slayer/
http://bit.ly/I2A7vd
The comments are surprisingly level-headed, though there are a number of people saying variations on "bah, this is just people too lazy/space constrained to say "because of!", something which seems to be pretty indefensible if you try inserting "of" in all the sample sentences or any others you can think of.
On another language-y note, I kinda had to giggle at this Not Always Right (http://notalwaysright.com/to-term-a-contradiction/33149). It seems a little backwards to blame "opposite-y" on Twilight when Buffy is kinda sorta the definition of, well, Buffyspeak. Even the OED is apparently in on it.
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BuffySpeak
http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2012/08/buffy-the-vampire-slayer/
