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oyayubi sedai

oyayubi sedai
 n.— «So important has the thumb become on gadgets in Japan, where text messaging caught on earlier, that a certain demographic group is referred to as oyayubi sedai, “the thumb generation.”» —“All Thumbs, Without the Stigma” by Matt Richtel New York Times Aug. 12, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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