ok. so we have millions and millions of words. whole books full of them, front to back and back to front and organized in neat little columns alphabetically or completely random messes of words in no apparent order, but we have them. some words have died though. others have simply matured and been given new meanings. but why?
i think, that possibly there is a institution somewhere located atop some mountaintop deepin a valley somewhere where they ponder and question words. and in certain cases have them eliminated by a crack international team of word spies. people skilled in the ability to eliminate and kill a word ( while engaging in sexy double entendras with leather bound dictionaries ) with but a single movement of their hand. deadly indeed.
but so, then these people have to decide which situations call for the retirement of a word ( such as what will eventually happen to the phrase "your mom" which as of this count has been killed about 548 times, only to reappear in the mouth of some young pipsqueek who recently discovered it hiding in his grandfathers attic amongst wwII memorabilia and who foolishly brings it back to the schoolyard with him. )and what words are suitable for a "reimagining," because they have been given the clearance to play god with the american language!
there is a rogue underground movement to challenge their undisputed authority over america, a movement led by one snoop dogg, who has in recent years introduced the notion of the -izzle, infuriariting the word-smiths. but the day of reckoning is coming, i tell you if anything is to happen to snoop, look no further than webster for your guilty party.
who comes up with new words? is there a commity? do people vote? is the president involved in someway or is this all left to the vicepresident? to whom do we entrust the sanctity of our language?
its really late, and i have a feeling that im trying to hard on this one.

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