How Words Are Made #
March 5th, 2009 | In Worth Reading
In explaining how she unintentionally made “Duro” the eponymous name for a style of dress, Erin McKean tells a cogent story about where words come from:
Someone wants an easy way to refer to something, and grabs whatever’s close to hand. Other people with the same need pick up the same tool. If the word fits, people will use it.