TED Talks Education

What makes a word "real"? | Anne Curzan

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17:13 | Jun 17th, 2014

One could argue that slang words like ‘hangry,’ ‘defriend’ and ‘adorkable’ fill crucial meaning gaps in the English language, even if they don't appear in the dictionary. After all, who actually decid...Show More



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