I was able to get most of them through the context. I remember a class in school where we were given words we likely wouldn't know so we could practice deducing the meaning from the context. It was actually really helpful.

communicate through a series of grunts and pointless hand gestures.

Yep, that's basically where we're headed. The state of the English language is in peril. Especially when teenage popstars on Twitter are the ones who are creating the way words are used for a majority of the population... or at least the future generations.

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