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ReplyFriendly8071 t1_ja278if wrote

It's funny that this used to be a job a person could have. These days all the words are already in the dictionary, even the ones towards the end of the alphabet.

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Objective_Kick2930 t1_ja2tl4k wrote

Research into words never stops, whether ancient or brand new, so it's still a job people do have.

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user2542 t1_ja2xj60 wrote

Someone definitely got paid by the Oxford University Press to spend a few months researching the etymology of "fleek"

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VeGr-FXVG t1_ja3ixzy wrote

'Sebastian, why do you seem so morose?'

'Because of "Rizz", Jeffrey! From which vestibule of hades did this monstrosity materialise? Mother was right, I should've been a lapidiarist.'

'I thought you never took a shining took that?'

'Get out, Jeffrey'.

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IAmBartacus t1_ja3g6pt wrote

It's amazing how many words have been discovered nowadays. Like, pretty much all of the W's- heck, even into the Z's!!

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