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Its a real word if people use it
"All words are made up"
There isn't a single word in the dictionary that isn't made up.
Ah yes the "I think everything is simple because I don't understand it" strategy
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Tell me what the Great Gatsby is about.
So words didnt exist before dictionaries (or writing, for that matter)? Pick up a brain sometime.
No im just not moronic enough to believe words werent a thing before dictionaries.
Also: LatinX is literally in the merriam-webster dictionary
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Latinx
That doesnt mean that i use it, but by your logic, maybe you should
Cool, so can we now agree that believing dictionaries are a prerequisite for language is ridiculous? I know it and you know it, no matter how many times you try to evade the question by making dumb accusations.