I welcome new words, or old words used in new ways, provided the result is more precision, added color or greater expressiveness.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
To find a new word that is accurate and different, you have to be alert for it.
If words are doing their job, then their novelty will not be the most noticeable thing about them.
I used to like the word of the day and when I read, highlight words that I didn't know and look them up.
A new word is like a fresh seed sown on the ground of the discussion.
The secret of good writing is to say an old thing in a new way or to say a new thing in an old way.
Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all.
Generally what I produce is new. Of course, they are often variations on the same subject.
Give the people a new word and they think they have a new fact.
In general, I agree with Jacob Grimm and feel that we ought to permit changes and uncontrolled growth in language. Even though that also allows potentially threatening new words to develop, language needs the chance to constantly renew itself.
Good words are worth much, and cost little.
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