What is required for something to be considered a proper “word”?
Question: What is required for something to be considered a proper “word”?
What do you believe is required for something to be a word? For example is the “word” “misconsidered” a word? It follows English grammar rules, but is not in any dictionary. What about “funnier”?
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Officially, a word becomes a word when it's added to an English language dictionary. Personally, I think a word is anything that is understood when communicated to another person.
I've never heard misconsidered before, but I instantly know what you're referring to by its structure and similarity to words I do know.
Is funnier not in any dictionary? I'm surprised... again though, I know exactly what it is so I'd consider it a word. Words are just a means to communicate... as long as the message is recieved.
In most instances a word is considered a word if is from Latin decent. I know "bad words" such as F$#@ and A@#, are considered bad words because they do not descent from the Latin language.
I know recently slag words have been added to the dictionary, so the exact rules behind these choices are a mystery.
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