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Who defines what words go in the dictionary? I just made a word to capture an idea
>Dispire
something that is supposedly that pushes things away in a non degrading yet still forceful manner wherein otherwise there would be interest or at least should be.

Who has 'dictionary' duty?
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>>24818000
>something that is supposedly UNFLATTERING/PEEVING, which pushes things
whoops
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Are you aware of etymology? Can you explain why Dis and Spire are conjoined in this way? Your definition is too convoluted and I can't really make sense of it without an example.
Also to answer your question, anyone can technically make up a word that gains popularity and wide usage, then it's the academics who play catch-up and add it to the dictionary.
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>>24818069
The prefix "dis-" comes from Latin, meaning "apart" or "away," and is used to indicate negation or opposition, as in words like "disagree" or "dislike."
The word "inspire" comes from the Latin "inspirare," which means "to breathe into" or "to blow into", "to influence, move, or guide by divine or supernatural inspiration."

ergo itd mean 'to blow away from' or 'to breathe out/away' as breath/spirit is associated with activity, but in a neutral tone, as if someone was actively doing it.
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>>24818000
I'm failing to see the use case for this word, can you give a few examples in a sentence? Aren't you just describing what femoidal humans refer to as "an ick"?

To answer your question, nobody defines that. Any collection of noises becomes a word once large enough number of humans agree to use it for communication.
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>>24818000
>I just made a word
You have to also convince people to use it.
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>>24818105
>I'm failing to see the use case for this word
You're dispiring the expansion of the english lexicon
>Aren't you just describing what femoidal humans refer to as "an ick"?
'To Dispire' would be a verb and would rather describe something akin to 'un-inspiring behavior' but in a more broad and also less degrading way to the user.
>Any collection of noises becomes a word once large enough number of humans agree to use it for communication.
The vast majority of words in every language are almost never used aren't they? I don't know the math on it, but it seems like a plausible induction.
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>>24818125
Use it. Use the word now.
Do it.
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>>24818000
>Who defines what words go in the dictionary?
The American Dialect Society named "rawdog" as its Word of the Year for 2024,

they only document what people do, make fetch happen and get it in.
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>>24818368
>make fetch happen
"Make fetch happen" is a phrase from the movie Mean Girls, where it refers to trying to make a slang term or trend popular, even if it doesn't catch on. It humorously highlights the effort to popularize something that may not be widely accepted.
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>>24818081
"to uninspire" in an active sense and directed towards a particular subject?
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>>24818000
>>24818148
Seems like it just means dissuade.



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