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<div>Who defines "staying power"? How long does a new word have show up in publications that are read on a daily basis? Why not get together with a few friends, invent a word and with an adroit use of marketing get the word accepted?</div> <div> I was told that best sellers were manufactured by publishers sending out employees to buy hundreds of copies of the title the publisher wished to promote. Could we be heading for a similar situation as regards new words? </div> <div>By the way, some years ago the RAE wanted to find a Spanish equivalent for Do - It - Yourself known in the UK as DIY. I believe the French equivalent is BRICOLAGE. A competition was set up and the public was asked to send in their suggestions. And the winner was... <BR><BR><B><I>Wayne Leman <wayne_leman@sil.org></I></B> escribió:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"><!-- Network content
--> <DIV id=ygrp-text> <div><A href="http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/07/06/dictionary.new.words.ap/index.html">http://www.cnn.<WBR>com/2006/<WBR>EDUCATION/<WBR>07/06/dictionary<WBR>.new.words.<WBR>ap/index.<WBR>html</A><BR><BR>To make it into the dictionary, a word has to be more than a <BR>flash-in-the-<WBR>pan fad. It needs staying power.<BR><BR>"We need evidence that the word is showing up in publications that people <BR>are reading on an everyday basis," Morse said. Lexicographers comb through <BR>national newspapers, entertainment magazines, trade journals and Web sites <BR>in search of new words and phrases.<BR><BR>Some new words mentioned in this CNN article:<BR><BR>unibrow<BR><BR>soul patch<BR><BR>drama
queen<BR><BR>empty suit<BR><BR>himbo<BR><BR>mouse potato<BR><BR>biodiesel<BR><BR>Wayne Leman<BR><BR></div></DIV><!--End group email --></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><p>
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