> The dictionary chronicles how the language grows and changes, which means new words and definitions must continually be added. When many people use a word in the same way, over a long enough period of time, that word becomes eligible for inclusion.
shagie|1 year ago
https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/new-words-in-the-di...
> The dictionary chronicles how the language grows and changes, which means new words and definitions must continually be added. When many people use a word in the same way, over a long enough period of time, that word becomes eligible for inclusion.
082349872349872|1 year ago
(I'd call 60% of that list to have been in use before the turn of the century)