protologism 

protologism n Greek protos, first, original + Greek logos, word; cf. prototype, neologism - a newly created word which has not yet gained any wide acceptance. It is a prototype or a hypothetical projection of a new lexical unit before it may become current in writing or speech. The word "protologism" proposed here and now is itself an example of protologism.

In contrast to protologisms, neologisms are words that have already been in public usage by authors other than their inventors. As soon as a protologism finds its way into newspapers and websites, journals and books, it becomes a neologism.

protologism by Mikhail Epstein November 6, 2003

Protogoggles 

If you wear protogoggles it makes your speed go up by 5% and your max health and health regen go down by 5% each. They are useful against certain raid bosses like Mike Meyers and that guy from Texas Chainsaw Massacre. You can make them with 5 copper and 2 glass.

No, I didn't. I know you told me to! I just couldn't be bothered. I'm fired? Alright. I did make protogoggles though.

Protogoggles by Protogoggles May 20, 2022

Proterognosis 

The direct knowing of what came before — not just before today, or before your lifetime, but before time itself began ticking. A fusion of proteros (earlier, prior) and gnosis (direct knowing).

Where Chronognosis is about sensing the right time now, Proterognosis is about touching the primordial before, the deep ground that precedes all clocks, calendars, and causes.

She was so attuned to proterognosis that she didn’t just remember her childhood, she knew about a time before the ticking of time itself had started.

Proterognosis by tomGPT September 29, 2025