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‘Tase’ is runner up, bro

‘Tase’ is runner up, bro

Written by Jared Leone
Thursday, 15 November 2007
Tase. The word was made famous by Andrew Meyer, the University of Florida student involved in an incident with University Police, a John Kerry speech and a Taser. “Don’t Tase me, bro” soon became part of late night monologues, T-shirts, and other gear Internet entrepreneurs could come up with. Now the word is a regular part of the lexicon. Tase was runner up for word of the year as voted by the Oxford American Dictionary. The word of the year? Locavore, a word for a movement that encourages buying from local farmers or growing your own food. [Gainesville Sun] Jared Leone, a TheSequitur.com senior editor, is a staff writer for the St. Petersburg Times and a federal courthouse stringer for the Associated Press.

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