A WORD IS BORN Every day at least ten English words are spoken for the first time Some will stick around for centuries some for only a short while Where do they come from Ancient words These words were first spoken over 1,000 years ago LOVE WORM HAND GIVE FIRE MOTHER SPIT
DECLUTTER BLING froyo New words These words have been around for only a few years PHOTOBOMB E-BIKE COVID-19 WEBSITE
SPLASH CREAK WORDS IMITATE Many words start out as imitations of sounds HICCUP CHICK-A-DEE-DEE-DEE CHICK-A-DEE-DEE-DEE CHICKADEE Some animals get their names from the sound they make ZYZZYX WASP ZYZZYX CROW CRAW-CRAW 0000L POBBLEBONK POBBLEBONK FROG OWL
FIZZ giggle SLURP BOING SNIFF CLICK Say these words aloud Can you hear their inspiration BURP HUM beep ZAP SIZZLE PLOP
