2007-05-04 16:11:46 · 14 answers · asked by mint 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Gay, because its original meaning has been flipped over.
2007-05-04 16:25:51 · answer #1 · answered by QQ dri lu 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
None, on the contrary, more words should be added.
Languages are alive and constantly evolving, so what was normal before, now is not, and the opposite holds true, too.
Words change spelling, meaning...etc, so dictionaries are the great tool to track these changes and review the history of vocabulary.
2007-05-04 23:42:32 · answer #2 · answered by russiancatsima 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
None. The OED, in particular, has recognized that once a word gets into that dictionary, it is there forever.
2007-05-04 23:28:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any words you don't like such as 'b*tch" should be removed. Likewise, any books you don't like should be burned. People who don't look like you or agree with you should be imprisoned, and while you're at it, anyone with a disability or belongs to the wrong religion should be hunted down and killed. This philosophy is called Nazism. Hitler tried it, see where it got him.
2007-05-04 23:29:19 · answer #4 · answered by jackeenjim 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
None of them. Dictionaries are records of how people speak, not how they should speak.
And "ain't", by the way, used to be standard English.
2007-05-04 23:18:28 · answer #5 · answered by Doc Occam 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think "ain't" should be removed from the dictionary.
2007-05-04 23:25:11 · answer #6 · answered by Sara Beth 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
boodylicious, ain't, bling, and pretty much anything that has been made up to fit into a song of any sort because an existing word couldn't be made to work
2007-05-04 23:24:55 · answer #7 · answered by Lizabet 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
D'oh - I love homer but... come on!
There's also something like xxzxzxyyxyxyzxzy - and it's not even a word!!
2007-05-04 23:34:59 · answer #8 · answered by kaoz22 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
None. Pops
2007-05-04 23:14:53 · answer #9 · answered by Pops 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Ain't." I think it's wrong to cater to the illiterate by accomodating their back-country vernacular. What happened to standards?!
2007-05-04 23:17:04 · answer #10 · answered by Stegosaurus 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋