A stupid question, who manage the new words in english?

Nobody. We just say whatever we want.

Who manages words in your language?

English does not have any sort of committee or academy that regulates the language.

If enough English-speakers start using a new word, the word will eventually appear in English-language dictionaries.

Unlike some European languages, there is no central institution that determines what is officially an English word. English speakers make up words to describe new things, and if other English speakers find that word useful and convenient, they will adopt it. If a new word is commonly used for long enough that it seems like something permanent, then commercial dictionary makers will add it. English language dictionaries catalog the words people use naturally -- they do not instruct people on which words they are permitted to use.

Language is constantly changing and evolving. Nobody really "manages" it. However, a new English word is seen to receive an official stamp of approval (in a way) when it is added to the Oxford English Dictionary.

To some degree dictionary such as Oxford and Cambridge. Then you have CEFR they list all the vocabulary level. We tend to trust words from Oxford and Cambridge then Mirriam, Collins. Urban dictionary is were we put new words but not yet in the official dictionary

Teenagers, unfortunately.

That's not how English works. What happens is that a new word will catch on, gain in popularity, and pretty soon everyone is using it.

Language evolves naturally. There is no central authority. Nobody manages it. *We the people* decide. For example, Shakespeare often made up new words. Totally invented them. "Bedroom" was not a word, until he wrote *A Midsummer Night's Dream*. The room where you slept was a bedchamber, or just "the room where I sleep". He came up with the notion of a BED-ROOM. Now, it sounds totally normal. "Worthless". He needed a word to say something was less valuable, so it was worth less. New word. Hurrah. "eyeball, kissing, skim milk, undress, downstairs, fashionable, traditional, unreal, unaware, uncomfortable, majestic" and over a thousand more. Words that we now use every day. Nothing is "official" about language. *(Unless you're French.)*

Other posters are right that there's no *official* keepers of the language. But lexicographers officially adopt new words into dictionaries like the Oxord English Dictionary and Mirriam-Webster every year. They also watch word usage and declare previously mainstream words archaic, or upgrade words from archaic to common usage if they come back into vogue. This is actually a pretty major function of lexicography, and as far as I know, all reputable lexicographers update their word lists regularly.

We don't have an official authority. Our dictionaries (Merriam-Webster, for example) have their own standards for when to include new words in their 'official' publication, and they update every year, but the language itself is free-roaming. Our dictionaries are full of slang words that became dictionary words by just being used for long enough by enough people.

Lexicographers determine what words get added to dictionaries, but that isn't a universally official decision or anything. English is so fluid, new words and new usages of old words are happening all the time, so the speaker decides. Unless you're Gretchen who tried to make "fetch" happen. It never happened. Poor Gretchen.

When English dictionaries add words, it's because they have a notable usage across multiple dialects. Usually the word has been used a while before the dictionary people notice. There's no regulatory body managing the English language, unlike something like Spanish or French. English is decentralized.

Generally for formal writings from what I've seen it's either the Oxford Dictionary, or Macquarie Dictionary here in Australia. Socially the lingo is ever changing; it's just a matter of if you can reasonably expect someone to have heard it before, and understand what you're conveying.

Words are just sounds that we make and we agree on the meaning associated with them.

As far as I know Merrill-Webster and Oxford English Dictionary are the main authorities of the English language. Basically dictionaries determine words. (Including Urban Dictionary unofficially)

Dale Carnegie used to say that it was easier to make a million dollars than to put a phrase into the English language. So, I thought the answer is those who are very influential at least.

No one officially "manages" English, it's a wild, evolving language. Dictionaries like Oxford or Merriam-Webster track and add new words, but everyday speakers, media, and internet culture drive the changes.

English dictionaries are descriptive, which means they describe how the language is being used. Dictionaries in some other countries are prescriptive, which means they tell you how to use the language. It is a subtle difference.

OP (and everyone else who hasn't commented with this book yet) I recommend you read the book "Frindle." It's a children's book about how new words are made.

We English speakers are unmanageable.

There's a guy in a small apartment in London called Steve that 'manages' the English language. Jokes aside, no one controls and manages the language. Dictionaries, such as Oxford, Webster etc will ADD words to the dictionary but that is only based on current useage. Words appear all the time. Technical advancements create new word as well as new inventions and process etc. Current words get new meanings. New words are created, some by chance/luck and others by design. Most of these new words won't 'catch on' but some will spread and eventually just because 'normal' English words.

'QUIZ' has an interesting origin. Some person ran around London, England one night, chalking "QUIZ" on walls etc. Next day folk asked each other what it mean. No one knew, but thus a most useful word was born.

The worlds of publishing and editing have a lot to do with what's considered standard. Plenty of what might be colloquially acceptable gets edited out and thus the (formal) standards get reinforced. Since the days of the printing press (and even before), publishing has had an influence on language change (the spread of neologisms, shifts from nonstandard to standard, etc) and lack thereof.

Languages are spoken by people. People change, languages change. A person can come up with a good word, other people start using this word. More and more people keep saying this word. By this point it is considered part of the language and added to its lexicon. This is also how words can change over time. Is this what you were asking?

There's no one in charge of the English language. New words appear as people start using them, and if they become popular enough they'll get added to the dictionary, but that doesn't mean that words that aren't in the dictionary aren't words.

Everyone, even you!

So there’s this gopher that comes out of a hole once every year to look for the sun. If he finds it, all of the new words added that year get to stay. If he doesn’t, we have to throw them out and anyone caught still using them is arrested on sight.

No-one. They get accepted by general concensus in an area, and then may or may not spread to the language in general. This allows the language to be flexible and predatory upon neighbouring languages, since if they have a good word that describes something and we can pronounce, English can lure the other language down a dark alleyway, swiftly knock it unconcious and make off with the new word.

As a native basically all new words are just awkward slang for kids. Don’t worry about it even we don’t know half of them. If you really want to learn them TikTok videos is your best bet

No one. Unlike languages like French, there is no authority that decides what English is or what's correct in English. New words that appear just enter the lexicon and then they become words. That's why there's so much English slang. These are words that were created by certain groups of people and because they use it, it becomes an English word.