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Why do you think words were invented for technical things?

OpenStudy (dominantvampire):

Words are invented by necessity. If someone invents a device to produce power from steam, somebody might call it a 'steam engine'. Because you need a single word for something, like "telephone", rather than having to call it "that thing that enables you to talk to someone far away."

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