Borrowed and Foreign Words for TSI

Approximately how many new words are added to the Oxford English Dictionary each year?

• About 500

• About 1,500

• About 1,000

• About 2,000

Which of the following is a method for creating new words in English?

• Restricting to native English words

• Borrowing from ancient texts

• Absorbing words from other languages

• Using only Latin roots

Which of the following words is an example of a word borrowed from another language?

• Airport

• Spaghetti

• Internet

• Brunch

What was the original meaning of 'villain'?

• A knight without honor

• A peasant farmer

• A carnival performer

• A strange person

What does the word 'geek' originally refer to?

• An awkward genius

• A strange person

• A carnival performer

• A technology enthusiast

What role do language academies play in the adoption of new words?

• They create new words

• They decide on new words for the dictionary

• They prevent new words from being used

• They document current usage

What is the primary way new words become part of the language?

• From ordinary people spreading them

• Through official sources

• By scientists inventing them

• By decision of language academies

Who coined the word 'meme'?

• An ancient Greek philosopher

• A medieval English scholar

• Richard Dawkins

• A modern internet user

Which word is used to describe the phenomenon of words that describe themselves?

• Meme

• Autological

• Clone

• Schadenfreude

A compound word is a word that is made up of two combined words like foot + ball = football. What is a compound word example mentioned in the video? (pick 3 correct answers)

• Spork

• Brunch

• Starfish

• Naïveté