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The English Language: Obamafied!
It’s hard to imagine that Barack Obama would be as big of a phenomenon if his name were, say, Tom Smith. As numerous fans, detractors, reporters, and bloggers have demonstrated, it’s a name that lends itself to neologisms—everything from Barackstar to Obamania to Omentum. We present the unabridged Encyclopedia Baracktannica, a list of words that have been Obamafied by Slate:
