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Humans mop up words like sponges.
— Jean Aitchison The Language Web: The Power and Problem of Words

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Most new words simply disappear, like raindrops falling and soaking into the ground.  Only a few get caught in the bucket of public attention, and make their way into dictionaries.
— Jean Aitchison The Language Web: The Power and Problem of Words

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