eli5 how do new words form, get approved and get added in the dictionary?

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Like this word “rap” no one did rap back then.. This word didn’t exist. Who made this up and how did it get added to dictionary?

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Words don’t get approved. And there isn’t a single dictionary. As soon as enough people start using a word for long enough, they start to get added to (some) dictionaries.

Rap in particular is a super old word. It didn’t get added to the dictionary recently. It just got a new meaning because people started using it to describe a music genre.

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