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An example of how etymology is used in not only in understanding the history of words, but in using that information to create new words. Explains how useful etymology can be for the future of words as well as the history of words.

Alongside Skrillex's rise, dubstep is becoming pop's buzziest new word. But figuring out what the (hell it means is another (story altogether. "Who gon stop me," from Jay-Z and Kanye West's Watch the Throne, begins with an orbiting, distorted vocal sample, then explodes into a rush of quaking bottom-end and pulsating, chunky mid-range.