Languages evolve with new words added to our daily word set and others disappearing completely. Most words that have emerged in the past 5 years or so are technology-related with phenomena, job titles and gadgets not known before that. Especially the increased communication that is happening online can take credit for a few ‘words’ that have emerged from it. Acronyms and abbreviations are nowadays very popular among the young population mainly because of saving time when emailing and texting with friends.
Here is a list of words that have recently …

Every once in a while I watch the inspring TED videos. Today I stumbled upon a video about language and how we express our thoughts. I could probably talk on and on on how much I like this video but just watch it for yourself:

By the way: Most TED talks have subtitles in many different languages. This talk is currently available in 17 different languages. Just go to the website and choose the language in the dropdown right under the video.