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‘Slumdog’ may become English’s millionth word
- Thread starter Departure Song
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Aethelstan
Murderer of Words
Re: ‘Slumdog’ may become English’s millionth word
It doesn't really matter if nobody uses the word. Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is a real English word (the longest English word it's definition being a kind of lung disease), but no one uses it. Heck, if you go through a dictionary, you'll probably find lots of words nobody ever uses, but they're there, and they're real words. This makes me wonder if people complained about the word "ketchup" when it became a real word.
It doesn't really matter if nobody uses the word. Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is a real English word (the longest English word it's definition being a kind of lung disease), but no one uses it. Heck, if you go through a dictionary, you'll probably find lots of words nobody ever uses, but they're there, and they're real words. This makes me wonder if people complained about the word "ketchup" when it became a real word.
