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bru · 03-22-2011, 08:34 PM

Posted this in a thread about new words, but realised its a v. old thread.. cross posting to here to see if anyone has heard of the word..

I came across a new word a few days ago, seemed to be in common use from the (spoken) context but not yet documented - dysethnicsia - to describe the mixing up of people from different ethnic groups, or the lumping together of a range of ethnicities due to their similar appearance or similar sounding names of their nations, obviously inspired by dyslexia and dyspraxia..

Seems to fill a gap as can't think of another single English word that could take its place.. Wonder if anyone has seen it in print?

03-22-2011, 08:34 PM	#1
bru Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 110 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: kindle	new word Posted this in a thread about new words, but realised its a v. old thread.. cross posting to here to see if anyone has heard of the word.. I came across a new word a few days ago, seemed to be in common use from the (spoken) context but not yet documented - dysethnicsia - to describe the mixing up of people from different ethnic groups, or the lumping together of a range of ethnicities due to their similar appearance or similar sounding names of their nations, obviously inspired by dyslexia and dyspraxia.. Seems to fill a gap as can't think of another single English word that could take its place.. Wonder if anyone has seen it in print?