A dictionary of 2011 | Stephen Moss
 

01-01-12 02:15 AM

From fracking to flatlining, brinicles to bunga bunga, here are definitions of the year's essential words and phrases Arab spring Collective term for the spate of revolutions which overwhelmed the Arab world . Confusingly, it began in December 2010, so spring must come early in the desert. Began in Tunisia and rapidly spread to Egypt, Bahrain, Yemen, Libya, Syria, Algeria and everywhere else ...

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