Tsunami became common usage after 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. I remember the BBC had several days of "giant tidal wave, also known as tsunami" before someone decided that yep, the audience had learnt their new vocabulary word, and they dropped the giant tidal wave bit.
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Date: 2017-01-23 01:41 pm (UTC)