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Originally posted by brianna
every so often these old guys that work for the OED get together and vote on which proposed new words should be recognized. i saw a great little documentary piece of this --- i wish i could remember the name. anyway, it was tons of fun because old guy #1 was very very mad that thing like "player" and "high five" were getting recognized, he saw this as the demise of civilization.
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This made me laugh.
I think that, as long as people realize what you mean, any word you say is a word. Oh, and I'm a proud defender of "ain't", too. Keep on preaching!
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