Today I learned a new word: multihyphenate:
What is multi-hyphenate?
Meaning of multi-hyphenate in English. someone who does several different jobs, especially in the entertainment industry: Timberlake has continued his growth as a full-fledged, multi-hyphenate: singer/film actor/comedy-sketch player and record-label mogul.
Itâs not a new word, per se, but a word misunderstood and misused. That word is âIgnorantâ.
Ignorant means, basically, âa lack of informationâ.
I was taught this at a young age, it was one of those things I never forgot, kind of like âalotâ is not a word, itâs âa lotâ. AnywayâŚ
I have stated or claimed someone was ignorant, or their argument was ignorant, and they took great offense. There is nothing wrong with this word, itâs just a statement that someoneâs claim or statement lacks the information to be true or false.
We are ALL ignorant about something. No one knows it all (sorry people on Twitter). Thought I would bring this up, because it has happened so many times people had no idea it isnât an insult. When I hear a ânewâ word⌠I look forward to bringing here.
Thatâs true @Bones, however, with language becoming more liquid as time passes, many wordsâ meanings and usages change as well. What I used to enjoy was researching the roots of words I learned, and found out that what I learned about a word usually was much different than currently believed.
Another word that is used differently today than it used be is âgayâ which used to mean lighthearted and carefree, however, over time it became âdatedâ and moved down the line in its description. Now it means sexually or romantically attracted exclusively to people of oneâs own sex or gender (used especially of a man).
Same thing with swear words between countries. What is not considered a swear word in America is definitely one in the UK. Bloody is a swear word that many people in the UK find offensive which is used to emphasize a comment or an angry statement.
Bloody
mid 17th century: from bloody The use of bloody to add emphasis to an expression is of uncertain origin, but is thought to have a connection with the âbloodsâ (aristocratic rowdies) of the late 17th and early 18th centuries; hence the phrase bloody drunk (= as drunk as a blood) meant âvery drunk indeedâ. After the mid 18th century until quite recently bloody used as a swear word was regarded as unprintable, probably from the mistaken belief that it implied a blasphemous reference to the blood of Christ, or that the word was an alteration of âby Our Ladyâ; hence a widespread caution in using the term even in phrases, such as bloody battle, merely referring to bloodshed.
nowadays bloody usage is as an adjective : he had a bloody nose,
Yes, wordsâ meanings tend to migrate quite a bit.
Also, not a new word for me, but one that lately been overused incorrectly is âIndefinitelyâ. Not sure if it is a migrated word as Lyn pointed out or more (in my opinion) the ignorance that Bones mentioned. Indefinite means an undefined or vague length of time (could be millennia or nanoseconds or something between), but most people including everyone on news programs, social media blogs and streams, and even movies and TV shows use it as ânever endingâ or Infinite (which is a word that could be used instead, except for that dastardly ignorance thingy).
I think those media folks really do not have a solid grasp on the use of language but tend to use the current slang that is being bunted about. They will change that word as the slang changes although they will use the slang in place of the correct word necessary for their opinions and reports.
I had a 6 week class in college taught by an English language linguistic specialist and it was eye opening to say the least. I heard so many iterations of the same word or phrases for weeks as the students practiced their knowledge. 
All I can say to that isâŚ
Unprecedented!
Whatâs even funnier is the way a well educated person with a solid grasp of the language can insult someone without saying a negative, or obscene word to accomplish it. During that class that instructor actually spent one dayâs class time going over that very subject.
She was so adept at her usage that the person she had as her voluntary subject did not even know they were being insulted. The entire class was dumbfounded because of how well she was able to do it. I know I was impressed, because my mom was very good at that as well.
I grew up with that happening all the time at home. My mom was an Australian war bride and her use of English was on a different level than what I was learning in school growing up in Hawaiâi. I canât even begin to count the many times she would march down to the school to âcorrectâ the teacher who was teaching her child the wrong words, not to mention all spelled incorrectly. 
