Mon.May 23, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical

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The Social Media Vibe Theory

Waxing UnLyrical

The word vibe, first recorded in 1967, is short for vibration, according to the terse Merriam-Webster entry. But that’s not what it means, of course. The World English Dictionary describes it as “feeling or flavour of the kind specified.” It is an Americanism of which I am proud because it provides English speakers with a word we really, really needed.