Bingham Bulletin | 1925-11-13 | Page 2 | Birth of Words

Birth of Word$ -Where do new words come froml Some, of course, are coined by scientists scien-tists and pldloaophera, others nra lifted lift-ed bodily from one language to another, an-other, as; lor Instunee, 'the French "sabotage," now excellent English. Sometimes, too, a word Is coined by a newspaper. For Instance, the word "apnche," which has now been ofll-dully ofll-dully admitted to the French language lan-guage by a derision of the academy, was Invented by the Figaro newspa-'pT"!!T,3fnrir newspa-'pT"!!T,3fnrir ago,vwlien It used It to describe a Parisian criminal type which has since become famous. "Another word which caught on, "uffrni;ette," nlp owes Its existence to the genius of a newspaper man. Thla word appeared for the first time In the column, of the Dally Mnll.-Answers.