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WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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The word funky originated from British English, meaning “musty or foul-smelling.” As funky spread to the U.S. it began to acquire multiple new meanings like “excellent” or “deeply satisfying.” Funky is now American slang, and the process of spreading to America makes funky an example of ____
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Diffusion
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Assimilation
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Culture
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Innovation
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -If you describe something or someone as funky, you like them because they are unconventional or unusual. [mainly US, informal, approval]
Detailed explanation-2: -funk (n. 1) It is from dialectal French funkière “to smoke, ‘’ from Old French fungier “give off smoke; fill with smoke, ‘’ from Latin fumigare “to smoke” (see fume (n.)).
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