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2012年1月20日

Q&A: How do you make a word be used or come out in the dictionary?

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Question by Manixcer: How do you make a word be used or come out in the dictionary?
Like invent a word and make it be used in the English language.
Be shown in the dictionary.

Best answer:

Answer by chrlsshore
You can’t. It doesn’t happen as easily as that. It has to be a word that has been in popular use for a number of years, not just a word that you make up.
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2010年2月27日

When will 0bama come out with a Dictionary,so we know what HIS DEFINITION of words like TAX is?

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Question by Right Wing Extremist: When will 0bama come out with a Dictionary,so we know what HIS DEFINITION of words like TAX is?
Apparently the Webster Dictionary is put together by a bunch of dolts that don’t know what the word Tax means.So will 0bama lend us his brilliance,and give us a new dictionary?

Best answer:

Answer by LadyB
No.

It appears that a good percentage of people haven’t read the ones we have.

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2009年9月16日

How come I cant find the meaning of some words on dictionary?

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Question by Adam: How come I cant find the meaning of some words on dictionary?
i encountered some words like milf and Courgar , when i look up in a dictionary, cant find those out, why?

Best answer:

Answer by Emma
Your dictionary may be outdated or the words are not actual words but instead slang that is used so often, it’s thought of as a word.

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2009年9月12日

How come the dictionary definition of feminism does not include legal equality?

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Question by Wagon Wheel: How come the dictionary definition of feminism does not include legal equality?
Certain types like to run to the dictionary to “prove” that feminism is for equality. Social, political and economic equality. How come no legal equality?

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/feminism

Barbara,

If legal falls under social, then political should also fall under social.

Best answer:

Answer by Barbara
Legal falls under social.

Edit: Yeah, so would economics. Just trying to say that the word social covers a lot of things, law included.

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2008年12月6日

The Bible Vrs Evolution:Where Did The Different “Races” Come From?

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The Bible Vrs Evolution:Where Did The Different “Races” Come From?
BY: OBOURBA. At the commencement of this discussion, we must insist that the so-called “racial” developments did not result from an evolutionary ascendancy, with certain “races” being lower than others on the animal-to- human scale.
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Season wrap: How the Huskies got to this point
PISCATAWAY, NJ – OCTOBER 08: Cody Endres #12 of the Connecticut Huskies throws a pass against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights at Rutgers Stadium on October 8, 2010 in Piscataway, New Jersey.
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