Hi Guys,
I have noticed that there is a trend in the field of language. Also I have come to see and accept the fact that language is indeed a living thing that evolves, in the sense that it grows, lives and dies. Just that the duration of the longevity of some of these languages are far longer than others. Many of these languages have stood the test of time for centuries and millenium, others are presently going extinct in the different countries all over the world.
Nevertheless, my major focus is on the formation or creation of new words or catchy phrases in the 21 century. Back then in those days to invent a new word you were suppose to be a scholar, PhD holder or some Nobel Prize award winner etc. But now a days anybody of any level or status can formulate a word or words and even phrases and give it a meaningful meaning or a negative meaning which will be used for insult. People just begin to run with it like the Berry Allen in the series Flash and it spreads like hurricane Sandy of New York City. Before you know it, it becomes a trending slang, word or phrase.
Like for example words like :
* l'll be with you in a sec.
* Let's hang out.
* You look gorge.
* You look fab.
* Babe you rock!
* Dude
* Nerd
* let's have brunch.
* Oh my gosh!
* Babe, Boo, Boe.
* What is the diff?
* Nickify your life.
* I gather.
* tweet, tweak,
* Solopreneur, infopreneur, intropreneur, macropreneur, edupreneur, webpreneur etc
* I'm having food orgasmism.
* Let's take selfie.
* harlotize your husband.
*Join the Atikulate team.
Just to name but a few........
It is worthy to note that some are old and still in use, while some are new. But the amazing thing about these new words is that some of them stay very very long while some gradually fade away over time like faded magic. Even the entertainment industries around the world are involved in these trend of inventing words and phrases. We have heard of movie directors inventing new languages called artificial languages for their characters or for a tribe in the movie. Movies like ‘Lord of The Ring’ by author J.R.R Tolkien was known to have passion for inventing languages. He actually created a whole family of ‘Elvish' language supposedly spoken by the characters in the movie.
Did you know that more than half of the world's languages have no written forms what so ever. There just exist by word of mouth in oral form and are been passed on in that format. Existing, living in that format and are been passed on from generation to generation. But I think that the original context will be lost due to the fact that it will be reformed to suit each generation.
Actually, we have stepped into the era where anybody and everybody can form a word or create a language for a particular purpose either for good or bad, for entertainment or personal gratification.
Majority of the worlds population are on social platforms, thus with the internet at everybody's disposal anything you say online will be saved and noticed by your audience. Blogging, Vloging, You Tubing, messaging, Telegraming, WhatsApp, Chatting etc. are all in vogue now, where anybody can publish his or her thoughts, experience and intellectual properties at his or her convenient without spend too much. It is easier now than before to get a new word or phrase across to the world.
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