07/ 7/2008

What new word will you coin?

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Webster's just added a slew of new words to the dictionary. For fellow lyric-maker-uppers, be sure to check out "mondegreen", if you haven't heard of it before.

It seems someone can just make up a word, work it into everyday language and wait a few years. Eventually, it may end up in the  big book of words.

What words will you coin?

I'm working on my personal favorites:
1. Confuser - a confused user of the internet
2. Modifly - modify on the fly; make a change during an existing process or operation

...both of which were born from usability testing :)

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080707/new_dictionary_words.html

Sandy Marsh

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Comments (1)

Leah McChesney:

Great post Sandy! Scary thing to me is I think it is contributing to dumbing down America. We won't even know what proper grammar is.

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