Here is an article on the word of 2014 - 'vape'. Oxford dictionary has added 'vape' to their dictionary and nobody knows what it means - well, excluding stoners in America, where 'to vape' is to go and smoke weed (here in the UK we like to 'blaze').
This article supports the idea that lanuage is changing in relation to new technology being created. The verb 'to vape' apparently means to take a puff on an electronic cigarette - it was created due to the rise in popularity of e-cigs.
This new word in our lexicon was brought about by new technology, so this illustrates just how often and quickly language changes.
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