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Old 22-Apr-2008, 23:28
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Default Re: meet an expression, meet a word

I am not accustomed to using the expression "meet a new word." I would say that I "learned" a new word or "learned" a new expression. But I would never say that I "met" a new word.

In a more slang sense, I would say that I "ran across" a new word.
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