But, when a word is added to the dictionary as an official English word, you can also use it in written form, for example in your IELTS Writing test. However, you don’t use slang in formal written work. You can also come across it in SMS or social media. Slang is very informal language or specific words used by a group of people. Usually you’ll hear slang in spoken language. Sometimes even slang, like LOL, makes it into dictionaries as a new English word.
For instance, the latest update of the Oxford English Dictionary added new English words like banana bread, LOL and plant-based. Dentists might use the new word ' amelogenesis ' which means “the formation of tooth enamel by ameloblasts.” For example, some new words are very specific to a particular occupation. So, that doesn’t mean that all the new words in English are widely used in everyday life. The more people use it, the more likely it will be noticed by dictionary editors, or lexicographers, like the people who work at dictionaries like Merriam-Webster or the Oxford English Dictionary. One person uses a word, then others pick it up. New words are used in conversation first. You are not required to use the template forms, but whatever form you chose needs to clearly address all ten criteria in WP:NFCCP.A new English word enters a dictionary when it is used by many people and all these people agree that it means the same thing. Several other boilerplate rationale templates can be found at Category:Non-free use rationale templates, but editors are cautioned that these are generally tenuous in terms of supporting WP:NFCC#8, and are encouraged to improve upon rationales if they can do so. Articles and other Wikipedia pages may, in accordance with the guideline, use brief verbatim textual excerpts from copyrighted media, properly attributed or cited to its original source or author (as described by the citation guideline), and specifically indicated as direct quotations via quotation marks,, – A rationale template for logos, assuming they are being used as a header image (standalone or infobox) for the entity the logo represents. There is no automatic entitlement to use non-free content in an article or elsewhere on Wikipedia. Changes made to it should reflect consensus. This section documents an English Wikipedia policy, a widely accepted standard that all editors should normally follow. 5 Handling inappropriate use of non-free content.3.4 Non-free image use in galleries or tables.3.3 Non-free image use in list articles.2.5 Meeting the minimal usage criterion.2.3 Meeting the contextual significance criterion.2.2 Meeting the previous publication criterion.
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