examples?
2007-06-12 13:21:51 · 6 answers · asked by the questioner 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Words are not discovered but new ones are constantly being invented.
ringtone
spyware
supersize
biodiesel
2007-06-12 13:24:59 · answer #1 · answered by Barkley Hound 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As long as a language is alive, in popular use, and is dynamic, there will always be new words being developed, and new meanings given to phrases. This is in contrast to a "dead" language, such as Latin. I mean, no one uses Latin except for a few words in law and science, and in Catholic religious ceremonies and documents.
Boondock, for example, comes from the word Bundok, which in my native Filipino means mountain.
2007-06-12 13:40:40 · answer #2 · answered by eclecticdoctor 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes all the time. Each year they make a new dictionary with new words. Foshizzle was added.
2007-06-12 13:25:44 · answer #3 · answered by Beth Z 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All the time Friend
"Bling" was recently added to the American dictionary
2007-06-12 13:25:30 · answer #4 · answered by ♥ Etheria ♥ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably but I wonder how...
2007-06-12 13:29:32 · answer #5 · answered by Savanna E 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i barely hear that
2007-06-12 13:31:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋