This current economy is giving life to a handful of new words tied to the recession according to this abcnews.com story. Some of the words are making it into the online site of the major dictionaries. Thankfully they are not putting the words into the printed version…yet. Does anyone still buy the hard copy? Here are a few of these new words entering the lexicon: decremental: adjective The act or process of decreasing or becoming gradually less; the amount lost by gradual diminution or waste. Great Recession: noun The current recession, which began in December 2007. The length and severity of the current recession has led some in the media… Read More
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