Is "stressy" a proper English word?

[nq:1]Hi, I seem to remember having heard the word "stressy" in contexts like "This was a stressy week." or "a ... in my dictionary. So, my question is: Does this word actually exist in English? Or what would be appropriate synonyms?[/nq]
Googling for 'stressy' finds "about 19,600" hits. On the pages I've looked at most instances use stressy with the meaning 'stressful', or with some other clo

[nq:2]Hi, I seem to remember having heard the word "stressy" ... actually exist in English? Or what would be appropriate synonyms?[/nq]
[nq:1]Googling for 'stressy' finds "about 19,600" hits. On the pages I've looked at most instances use stressy with the meaning ... meaning. If you have heard or read a word being used in English then it does "actually exist in English".[/nq]
And the endin

[nq:1]Hi, I seem to remember having heard the word "stressy" in contexts like "This was a stressy week." or "a ... in my dictionary. So, my question is: Does this word actually exist in English? Or what would be appropriate synonyms?[/nq]
Certain endings are productive in English. Not finding all the possibilities in the dictionary might be considered similar to not finding in German language

[nq:1]Hi, I seem to remember having heard the word "stressy" in contexts like "This was a stressy week." or "a ... in my dictionary. So, my question is: Does this word actually exist in English? Or what would be appropriate synonyms?[/nq]
It is now (runs to unplug computer and is felled by bolt of lightning ...)
It actually exists per OED (though classed as "rare") but with a meaning speci

[nq:2]Hi, I seem to remember having heard the word "stressy" ... actually exist in English? Or what would be appropriate synonyms?[/nq]
[nq:1]Googling for 'stressy' finds "about 19,600" hits. On the pages I've looked at most instances use stressy with the meaning ... meaning. If you have heard or read a word being used in English then it does "actually exist in English".[/nq]
But does that

[nq:2]If you have heard or read a word being used in English then itdoes "actually exist in English".[/nq]
[nq:1]But does that make it corect, or is it still bad English. It seemsto me that almost anyone can invent a word, particlarly a celebrity,and it finds its way into a dictionary and then anyone who doesn't know better may point to it in justification.[/nq]
But what's wrong with inven

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If we don't use the right words then we might as well go the whole hog and speak a different language to each other with all the chaos that it might bring. There are lots of things wrong with using an incorrect word. Does decimate really mean devastate?

If a legion were to be decimated then I should expect it to have lost about 10% of its strength, but if a village we

[nq:2] But what's wrong with inventing words? We have a ... and the new forms mayoften be acceptable as formal language.[/nq]
[nq:1]If we don't use the right words then we might as well go the wholehog and speak a different language to each other with all the chaosthat it might bring. There are lots of things wrong with using an incorrect word.[/nq]
That's not at all the same thing as inve

[nq:2] But what's wrong with inventing words? We have a ... the new forms may often be acceptable as formal language.[/nq]
[nq:1]If we don't use the right words then we might as well go the whole hog and speak a different ... a village were to be devastated i should expect it to have lost about 70 or 80% of its strength.[/nq]
We've had many discussions about "decimate" over the years. We a

[nq:2]Hi, I seem to remember having heard the word "stressy" ... actually exist in English? Or what would be appropriate synonyms?[/nq]
[nq:1]It is now (runs to unplug computer and is felled by bolt of lightning ...) It actually exists per OED ... dialect etc. It becomes the Queen's English when the Royal Christmas message begins "It has been a stressy year ..."[/nq]
As long as the word is