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It was an example of the 'trickle up' from popular youth culture Britishisms in American culture.
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you read a study about the usage of the word snogging?

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Gave a talk on it even!Did an analysis of the language of a Pakistani-American who learnt British English
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V interesting! Words which come down from intellectuals & those which come up from popular culture.
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Imagine what that spread will look like 50 years from now with so much online media interference.
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Its interesting coz usually Brits take on americanisms. Happens far less the other way round.
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When it does,it usually comes from US academics being pretentious. Why 'snog' and 'ginger' so significant
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But you two sounded as though its not in common parlance but recognised from Brit books?
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I'm really not sure. I read a lot of fiction as a kid, but wasn't allowed to read HP.
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Lol following etymological studies on such words isn't nerdy at all.
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My nerdiness has never been a secret, Kevin. :-p
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