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way off-topic (spelling / etymology)

way off-topic (spelling / etymology)

Posted Mar 2, 2004 15:19 UTC (Tue) by hereticmessiah (guest, #19909)
In reply to: way off-topic (spelling / etymology) by leightonbrown
Parent article: The luxury of ignorance: A follow-up (NewsForge)

No, but use of it does. You don't just think that words have *always* been there,
do you? It's called a neologism.


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