Any language is in constant flux. They are especially susceptible to the lexical composition, which reacts to any innovations and phenomena of modern society: science, technology, the media and the Internet space as a whole are actively developing. Some words disappear from use, and new concepts and expressions come to replace them. As you know, it is the very process of replenishing the language system with new vocabulary that has always been of particular interest to linguists. This article is devoted to the study of modern ways of developing and replenishing the vocabulary of the English language.