Go ahead, make up new words!

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DECEMBER 22, 2014 TODAY’S TED TALK Erin McKean: Go ahead, make up new words! 06:52 minutes · TEDYouth 2014 In this fun, short talk from TEDYouth, lexicographer Erin McKean encourages — nay, cheerleads — her audience to create new words when the existing ones won’t quite do. She lists 6 ways to make new words in English, from compounding to “verbing,” in order to make language better at expressing what we mean, and to create more ways for us to understand one another. Watch now »     THE YEAR IN IDEAS Video: TED Talks in 2014 What were the most powerful ideas of 2014? Watch a short, inspiring highlight reel of the Year in Ideas -- then click around in an interactive playlist. Watch »