Culturomics: Words have life cycles(online.wsj.com)
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Culturomics: Words have life cycles
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304459804577285610212146258.html
A must read. Christopher Shea writes: "The authors even identified a universal "tipping point" in the life cycle of new words: Roughly 30 to 50 years after their birth, they either enter the long-term lexicon or tumble off a cliff into disuse."
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