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dixie-chicked  vt.  [ Am. neologism,  
2003, past participle] to become the subject of ridicule and economic loss by alienating a constituency, customers, friends, or allies through ill-considered words or deeds; as, France has been dixie-chicked by the Am. public because of its obstruction of Am. policy, or reflexively as, France dixie-chicked itself by electing an idiot for president.

Etymology:

The apparent first published use of the term dixie-chicked  was in a report by columnist Matt Drudge on his web site
http://drudgereport.com on March 27, 2003 10:03:25 ET where a top studio source at Dreamworks said,  "We don't want to get dixie-chicked, or anything like that, out of the gate. We've invested tens of millions of dollars in the making of the movie and its marketing."  (See the report here)

This is a plausible original first use because entertainment people are creative in their use of language and are painfully aware of an event that evoked the use of the word. (
Read about it here)

 


French Anglophobia manifests itself in a neologism to replace the term E-mail - click here. 

Intent on stemming a rapid decline of pure French usage, the French Culture Ministry's General Commission on Terminology and Neology announced a ban on the term E-mail. 

The Academie Francaise is an organization fighting to keep English words out of the French language.  What a futile endeavor in a world where new words are invented daily.   By the time the French decide on a suitably pure French word, history and technology have passed them by.

   
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