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Old 09-18-2006, 04:46 PM   #94
dar512
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Originally Posted by BlacKat1980
Thanks...I had to look it up too. However, I dont think it's sad. I think it's sad that proper writing has gone to shit, whatever happened to using words that already exist instead of making up crappy words..?
That time never existed. New words have been coined from the very beginning. It's what makes the language dynamic and why Oxford and the rest add new words to the dictionary on a regular basis.
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