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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everyone and no one. Words dont get “approved”, when people start using a word, it gets added to the dictionary. The dictionary doesnt define the meaning of words, it describes how words are used. It reacts to the population.

You can make up a word right now if you want. If you get enough people to use it, it will make its way into a dictionary at some point.

On that point, I am trying to push the spelling Sepret as a sepret spelling of separate to not be confused with separate. I doubt it will hit a dictionary, but you never know.

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