How does a word go from being newly-coined to appearing as an official dictionary entry?

Question

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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Answer 1

Dictionaries have editors and authors to suggest, assess and decide on new words and their definitions.

There’s no “official” dictionary on English, different publishers have different words, and add different new words.