Thats not a word, its not in the dictionary

[Chance1234]

Overheard the phrase in the subject last night and have heard it many times before, which im sure we all have,

In this case, it was the word "init"

Thinking about it though, is the person saying "Thats not a word, its not in the dictionary" just as bad as the person who said init ?



Chance,

F, G + Its official, its even on a organisation chart et all

 

[CajunCenturion]

==> In fact, if the coiner is an author of a popular work, it seems intuitively correct to say that the work's popularity will drive the acceptance of an included coined word.
I agree, and perhaps a very good example is 'truthiness', which is also a previous Word of the Year.

A lot too, depends not on the work, but on who is the neologist. Thomas Jefferson personally expanded the lexicon with over a hundred new words (and our current President may not be that far behind).

Dictionaries are but the depositories of words already legitimated by usage. Society is the workshop in which new ones are elaborated. When an individual uses a new word, if ill-formed it is rejected in socity, if well-formed, adopted, and, after due time, laid up in the deposity of dictionaries.

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[BobRodes]

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My bad. Had to type it in by hand. Nice catch...