Words are a mirror of their times.
By looking at the areas in which the vocabulary of a language is expanding fastest in a given period, we can form a fairly accurate impression of the chief preoccupations of society at the time.
~~John Ayto, lexicographer
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Wednesday, April 25, 2007
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