language pollution

The English language has changed so much in my lifetime. Colloquialisms, slang terms, and incorrect grammar regularly permeate dictionaries. For example, the previous non-word snuck is now listed as an acceptable form of the more correct version, sneaked, in most major dictionaries.

As a purist, I abhor the eagerness to pollute the English language so quickly, especially when the changes result from laziness rather than necessity. I'm probably just being a curmudgeon.

Maybe I should just relax and accept the fact that nearly anything can make it into the American English dictionary these days.