A Way To Keep a Language Alive
In defense of creating new words
3 min readFeb 2, 2024
I was watching a movie on TV when one character invented a word by smashing two common terms together. His partner said, “Is that even a word?”
My answer is yes.
If you or I invent a term and articulate its meaning, it becomes a word. It may not ever make it into the Oxford English Dictionary, but it’s…