Itself an invented word used exclusively pejoratively to dismiss newly coined words. Usually used to express distaste for words inconvenient to one's ideology.
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Basically, a new word that comes into a language through creatively using that language. Borrowed words from other languages and dialects are not neologisms.
Ebonics: Ebony Phonics
Notice both ebony and phonics are 'english' words, these two words were creatively used to create a new english word.
Notice both ebony and phonics are 'english' words, these two words were creatively used to create a new english word.
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Urbandictionary is a collection of neologisms.
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a word that means "new word". it comes from the Latin roots "neo"(meaning "new") and "log"(meaning "word"). the "ism" os not that important.
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A neologism (from Greek neo = "new" + logos = "word") is a word that, devised relatively recently in a specific time period, has not been accepted into a mainstream language. By definition, neologisms are "new", and as such are often directly attributable to a specific individual, publication, period, or event. The term "neologism" was coined in 1803.1
In psychiatry, the term neologism is used to describe the use of words that only have meaning to the person who uses them, independent of their common meaning. This is considered normal in children, but a symptom of thought disorder (indicative of a psychotic mental illness, such as schizophrenia) in adults.
"Yesterday's neologisms, like yesterday's jargon, are often today's essential vocabulary."
– Academic Instincts, 20014
"Yesterday's neologisms, like yesterday's jargon, are often today's essential vocabulary."
– Academic Instincts, 20014
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