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Card 16
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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
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Card 19
Front
When an existing word acquires a new meaning
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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
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Make sound more English
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Card 22
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Using words or phrases to avoid causing a perceived offense
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Card 23
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A word loses it's original strength over time
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