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Originally Posted by JSWolf
I know all about kiddies trying to make up their own words because they made a typo. It originally came into being because of a typo. And it's not a real word. never will be.
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You aren't an idiot, so why would you say that?
Words are, at their very essence, an extensional abstraction layer between thought and reality. The concept of "red" is a concept that derives its power just from you and I knowing and agreeing (for the most part) what red is. If I think
this is blue, and 1,000,000 people agree with me, and you're the only one to call it red, you're the one who's wrong. It won't change the physical aspects, but the idea is what associates with the object, not the word.
Likewise, get on to World of Warcraft, and 6 out of 10 people will get you if you use that word (try"woot" some time. That's even older). Maybe you can argue about whether it's jargon or vernacular, but it's certainly a word.
Just because the OED asshats don't call it a word doesn't mean its not. With the pervasiveness of instant mass communication I foresee more and more of this.