Words come and go over time. But at some point, someone somewhere coins a word.
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How does that word blossom from a few people using it, to being a word on everyone’s tongue and widely-used, to the extent of earning a spot in the dictionary?
Do the editors sit around and decide on their own? Do they accept input from the general public, i.e., people make nominations for new entries?
How about the opposite, when it comes to removing words?
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The words need to be used in print in contexts where the reader is assumed to understand what they mean. Dictionary editors keep records of written citations. When it becomes clear that a word has entered common discourse, it gets added.
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