As with all horrific words, it was quickly absorbed into popular culture.

The elders in Kakuma also worry that once absorbed into American culture, the boys will lose their African identity and with it any commitment to return.

Either we die out, or we get absorbed into Settler culture.

However, the use of the French language was discouraged and the Huguenot settlers were entirely absorbed into Afrikaans culture.

Some here believe that without Federal help, the Ramapough people could lose their identity as a nation and be absorbed into mainstream American culture.

By 1800 the Toboso who remained in modern Mexico had been essentially absorbed into Hispanic culture.

To be absorbed into American culture, wine "has to be accepted first in small amounts when a child is 4 or 5 years old," he once said to me.

With the renaissance, though, African-American literature-as well as black fine art and performance art-began to be absorbed into mainstream American culture.

Whatever the historical details, it seems likely that Orkney and Shetland were being rapidly absorbed into Norse culture by this time.

Cities such as Lahore had one of the most vibrant tea cultures, as the drink quickly absorbed into local culture.