In this book, a little boy name Nick, questions his teacher about where word comes from. He then, makes up a new word for a pen, "frindle". Everyone loves Nick's new word, so soon enough people all around town start calling a pen, frindle. His teacher was very unhappy with this new word, because she feels as if, Nick is mistreating the word-pen, by replacing it with a new word. After awhile, a new addition of the dictionary was printed, and sure enough, the word frindle was included.
So, word comes from people, people creates the word through its meaning, and the meaning comes from everyday usages. So next time when you have a chance make up a word, it might just end up in a dictionary someday, you never know!
(My new word-----"vanichoco"----vanilla + chocolate = YUMMY!!!!) What's your?????
Fantastic new word! My new word is hopetastic! It's pretty self-explanatory. And Dinh, you're missing the "s" at the end of a bunch of words in your post... Great post though! I love making up new words!
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DeleteGreat post, although like Hope said you do have some grammar mistakes. Words are fascinating.
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Frindle was one of my favorite books growing up. I always thought the concept of the story was really interesting and pertained to the way people actually use and make up words. very interesting.
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