Words are being dropped from languages faster and new ones added at a slower rate.
Adding new words or dropping old ones to an existing language is something people have always done. As new things or ideas are discovered, new words crop up to describe them. But now, in the digital age, that process appears to be slowing despite the increased pace of new things arriving on the scene.
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Americans added 10 new words to improve their vocabularies in 2011.
Take heart if you tried to improve your vocabulary in 2011. It was almost impossible to pay attention to the news this year without learning a new word or phrase, or perhaps learning new definitions for old standbys. Americans can celebrate the new knowledge they acquired in 2011 with a list of 10 words that entered the national lexicon or gained new significance over the last year.
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