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Card 16

Front

A new word or an existing word with a new meaning

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Card 17

Front

A word takes on a different, more negative meaning than it had previously

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Card 18

Front

The name given to a product by one organisation becomes the commonly used name for all similar products

Back

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Card 19

Front

When an existing word acquires a new meaning

Back

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Card 20

Front

Sometimes the meaning of a word shifts, so that the word refers to a different, though often closely associated, set of things

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Card 21

Front

Make sound more English

Back

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Card 22

Front

Using words or phrases to avoid causing a perceived offense

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Card 23

Front

A word loses it's original strength over time

Back

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