words

At first I resisted text-ese and slang, but I started thinking about Shakespeare and how he created so many words we use daily, and I changed my mind. I think some of the new words floating about--LOL, Whazzup?, whodunit, chillaxing--are pretty cool.How inventive was Shakespeare? One site lists 1,700 words that Shakespeare first used in his works. These include:* accommodation* amazement* courtship* countless* frugal* fitful* lonely* majestic* … [Read more...] about Whazzup? Thoughts about Words and a Link