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We know that lexical items become moribund (dying) and obsolete, whilst new items are formed and join the lexicon.

There can be many reasons for wanting to have new words.

Sometimes, when users sense that a particular word has acquired a meaning that is embarrassing in some way, a word is avoided and an alternative is found.

Traditionally, a rubber was used to rub off pencil marks; when the meaning 'condom' became widespread, users began to replace the name of the rubbing device with another word easer.

Similarly, people began calling the małe chicken a rooster or cockerel rather than a 'cock' because the latter could be used to refer to the PENIS.

Most Americans use the spelling tidbit rather than titbit (kąsek) so that the word does not resemble tits in any way.

And of course, donkey is used in favour of ass because of the meaning 'buttocks' now prevalent.

Clearly, there are also new developments in terms pf experience.

The popularization of computers also saw the rise of a new set of vocabulary items.

Clearly, the use of transfer is evident in terms like virus, infection or mouse. But we also have coinages like Pentium or CD-rom.