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And twenty-three other words first recorded in English in 1911.<\/a><\/p>\n

Lexi-blogger Dave Wilton has started an ongoing series of new words of the year on his blog Wordorigins.org<\/em>, which I will be adding to the blogroll here.<\/p>\n

I tried to select twenty-six words, one for each letter of the alphabet. But in some cases I\u2019ve got more than one for a particular letter, in others none. My selection is not scientific or systematic; it is based on what I think is interesting; Sometimes they are words that appear earlier or later than I would have thought; others have a particular historical affiliation for that year or represent some historical trend; and others are just odd words. I\u2019m avoiding back-formations and variations on existing words. Again, be warned that the coining of a word does not necessarily coincide with the invention of a concept. Often, there will be older words that express the same sense.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

And twenty-three other words first recorded in English in 1911. Lexi-blogger Dave Wilton has started an ongoing series of new words of the year on his blog Wordorigins.org, which I will be adding to the blogroll here. I tried to select twenty-six words, one for each letter of the alphabet. 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