I find it very hard to believe that 'unbothered' is new. 'Bothered' has been in my vocabulary for at least 50 years. The OED does not have it, but it *does* have 'bother' as a verb going back at least as far as Jonathan Swift.

—Barry



On 4 Aug 2015, at 9:37, glen ep ropella wrote:

http://qz.com/465820/how-brand-new-words-are-spreading-across-america/

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