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Words that are much older than you think
OMG! Can you believe this acronym was used in 1917?
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Words change throughout the years. Language is not a static thing; quite the contrary—it's very much alive. It transforms, adapts, and morphs into new words. Indeed, we have new words in the dictionary all the time. Some of these, however, and despite their popularity in more recent times, are not as recent as some of us might think. In fact, some actually date back hundreds of years!
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