Meanings of enter the lexicon in English

And now a new word has entered the lexicon: snowmanning, a term coined by online dating site eHarmony.

Intrigued, my initial reaction was to wonder how had such violent Mafia terminology entered the lexicon of medical communication?

However the actress and lifestyle brand founder has since said she is proud of the term that has entered the lexicon.

This word has recently entered the lexicon defined as the tendency of an initially well received work to spawn many inferior sequels.

The phrase "hanging chads" entered the lexicon, referring to shreds of perforated paper that had been left by incomplete punch-holes.

Charities and public sector organisations started opening up their data for hack-days and the phrase 'Big Data for Good' entered the lexicon of buzzword-spotters.