TheOneWithTheHair@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoWe Added 690 New Words to the Dictionary for September 2023 | merriam-webster.comwww.merriam-webster.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up187arrow-down15
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minus-squareImpronoucabl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up27·9 months agoJust how was ‘Vector graphics’ only added in this month? Surely its been more than half a century since the term came up?
minus-squareashok36@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·9 months agoI think the words have to reach some sort of threshold for popularity before inclusion in the dictionary. Before that, it’s just industry jargon. There’s probably thousands of graphic design terms that aren’t in the dictionary right now.
Just how was ‘Vector graphics’ only added in this month? Surely its been more than half a century since the term came up?
I think the words have to reach some sort of threshold for popularity before inclusion in the dictionary. Before that, it’s just industry jargon. There’s probably thousands of graphic design terms that aren’t in the dictionary right now.