One sure way you can tell how quickly a new idea, for example, the idea of "privatization,
A.Dictionary editors are not professionally interested in words that are only rarely used.
B.Dictionary editors have exact numerical criteria for telling when a word has passed into common usage.
C.For a new idea to take hold, dictionary editors have to include the relevant word or words in their dictionaries.
D.As a word passes into common usage, its meaning does not undergo any severe distortions in the process.
E.Words denoting new ideas tend to be used before the ideas denoted are understood.