Editor
*points at you*
*laughs at you*
*sigh* No, God did not give us the first dictionary. Stop putting words in my mouth. Obviously language developed over time, and then someone decided to catalogue it, and that was the first dictionary.
My point in all this is that, yes, language can evolve, but in this case, it hasn't yet, and probably shouldn't.
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Kenri: I'm all about the happy little trees
"I am the law, and I find you guilty!" ~The Judge (Batman: The Animated Series)
Liberal Arts Major
*points at you*
*laughs at you*
*does it in real life*
*is not sure what you're getting at*
*sigh* No, God did not give us the first dictionary. Stop putting words in my mouth. Obviously language developed over time, and then someone decided to catalogue it, and that was the first dictionary.
What's this? Dictionaries are catalogues and not the source of meaning?! Impossible!
My point in all this is that, yes, language can evolve, but in this case, it hasn't yet, and probably shouldn't.
So, in your world, a language hasn't evolved until a dictionary is around to catalogue it. That makes little to no sense, but okay. I'll continue using words as they appear, and you can continue waiting for a reputable dictionary to tell you which of those new words are "real".
(Note: the popular (~1.7M hits on Google) word "metrosexual" was coined in 1994 and still hasn't appeared in the archives of dictionary.com. You're in for a long wait.)
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~ Silvas ~
Buddha promised me Nirvana and all I got was this lousy T-shirt.
"Democracy is the bludgeoning of the people, by the people, for the people." ~ Oscar Wilde
Liberal Arts Major
Personally I prefer wiki, but then, wiki is less... I suppose official, though much more informative.
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xp1337: Your former local puppet admin.
"This is the light of my soul, a sacred territory upon which no one may intrude." - Kaworu, NGE.
Editor
*is not sure what you're getting at*
*hasn't met you in real life*
(Note: the popular (~1.7M hits on Google) word "metrosexual" was coined in 1994 and still hasn't appeared in the archives of dictionary.com. You're in for a long wait.)
Slang(?), not a word, etc...
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Kenri: I'm all about the happy little trees
"I am the law, and I find you guilty!" ~The Judge (Batman: The Animated Series)
Liberal Arts Major
Liberal Arts Major
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The "No" "WTF?" "Dumbass" "No" "You're a moron" and "No" after this post are assumed. This relieves you of the duty to say them...
Liberal Arts Major
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xp1337: Your former local puppet admin.
"This is the light of my soul, a sacred territory upon which no one may intrude." - Kaworu, NGE.
Liberal Arts Major
You seem to be functioning on a definition of word I have yet to encounter.
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~ Silvas ~
Buddha promised me Nirvana and all I got was this lousy T-shirt.
"Democracy is the bludgeoning of the people, by the people, for the people." ~ Oscar Wilde
Editor
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"Don't look away from reality. Keep on drowning in misery and remorse until you feel like dying... I'll be watching you every step of the way."
END OF [TAKE] - August, 2006