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RE: Information Finding Championship- Season 1: Round 24 entry- Dilapidated
A new word, I wonder how many new words have been made since 1800. I saw a story awhile back about how many words a year Merriam-Webster adds to and subtracts from their dictionary, but was unable to find it again. I did find one story that said in 2018 850 new words were added.
There is a whole study behind that field of making new words. The rapid growth of technology has also aided in this. I forgot what it was called but somebody tried to coin a bunch of internet words in the 90s they were what you would think if your grandparents make text shorthand speech. The words never caught on, but he was onto something. :)