New words, from Yoda to YOLO.

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Think the English language doesn't change? Fuhgeddaboudit! The editors of the Oxford English Dictionary (O.E.D.), which since 1884 has been tracking how English is spoken around the world, adds new words every few months. The latest entries include yogalates, a mix of yoga and Pilates; 'Merica, a word denoting "emblematic qualities of American traditions"; fuhgeddaboudit, a phrase "used to indicate that a suggested scenario is unlikely or undesirable"; and Yoda, which means a wise elder, like the Star Wars Jedi master. "Language...