My favorite is the literary connection to “unfriend.” Interesting stuff!
If you think ‘totes’, ‘fangirl’, and ‘trick out’ are recent idioms, then we’re here to surprise you. In a previous post on Twitter terms and literature we uncovered some of the ancient literary origins of words more commonly associated these days with the world of social networking.
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Marie at 1 Write Way 
4 responses to “Ten ‘Modern’ Words with Older Literary Connections”
Too cool – thanks for sharing, Marie!
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Always my pleasure!
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I came across this on the original, but had to come and compliment you for sharing: it really is a very interesting post
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Thank you, Peter! Yes, it is a very interesting post. I love Interesting Literature’s blog :)
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