A few days ago
AintItFunny

How does Webster decide to add new words to the dictionary each year?

How does Webster decide to add new words to the dictionary each year?

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A few days ago
M G

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To decide which words to include in the dictionary and to determine what they mean, Merriam-Webster editors study the language as it’s used. They carefully monitor which words people use most often and how they use them. Lots more info included in the link below
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A few days ago
Anonymous
Cultural trends – what’s popular? Words people use regularly whether they’re in the dictionary or not. Like ain’t, or ho?
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A few days ago
k
buy finding out the most commonly used words by the most people that seem to have a simular meaning when being used.
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A few days ago
Sarah
They have a committee and they use the various language corpuses (or should that be corpi?) to discover language as it is used. Google ‘corpus’ to know what they know.
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A few days ago
hott n spunkie
he is all knowing
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