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‘Tebowing’ officially enters the English language

Dec 12, 2011, 4:41 PM EDT

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It’s official: when an alien race sifts through the rubble of our civilization hundreds of thousands of years from now, they will learn of the 21st Century’s odd ‘Tebowing’ craze. The term is officially in the English language, and probably to most dictionaries. On behalf of Earth, I apologize.

The Global Language Monitor announced Monday that it acknowledges that the word “Tebowing” has officially entered the English language.

The website, which monitors global language trends, said in a statement to USA Today that the rapid rise of “Tebowing” as a word “has seldom been equaled, mirroring, for example, the rate of adoption of the word Obamamania in early 2008.”

Tebow detractors can take heart in the fact that, three years later, one never hears “Obamamania” anymore.

Above: unknown swim team from the site Tebowing.com, which also gave us this very rare photo of gorilla Tebowing (so far, only seen in captivity):

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‘Tebowing’ enters English language [Fox Sports]