The English language officially consists of 988,968 words

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English language nears the one million-word milestone

... although I'm not sure whether 'wrinklepaws', 'rly', 'pwnd' and 'moran' are amongst them.

Gerard (Gerard), Thursday, 13 April 2006 10:43 (twenty years ago)

schmofficial

Konal Doddz (blueski), Thursday, 13 April 2006 10:49 (twenty years ago)

No wrinklepaws no cred.

Is "embiggen" in there?

phil d. (Phil D.), Thursday, 13 April 2006 10:51 (twenty years ago)

I don't see why not. It's a perfectly cromulent word.

Hello Sunshine (Hello Sunshine), Thursday, 13 April 2006 10:56 (twenty years ago)

teh?

jhoshea (scoopsnoodle), Thursday, 13 April 2006 11:16 (twenty years ago)

* English is evolving faster than other languages. This year's additions to the Oxford English Dictionary include "podcast" and "offshoring".

what great evidence

ambrose (ambrose), Thursday, 13 April 2006 11:34 (twenty years ago)


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