Unwanted disaster relief donations prompt recipients to coin new word

Thinking of sending some old sneakers to the Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan? They’ll be considered “SWEDOW,” or “stuff we don’t want.”

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Furthermore, SWEDOW threatens to put out of business local vendors who desperately need to sell the type of shoes and clothes that we’re giving away for free—in order to live. Slate suggests:

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