A neologism is a newly coined word or phrase that has not yet been accepted into mainstream language.
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Is “nonversation” a word?
Is there a word like "nonversation"?
Do people use this word in daily life? Where can it be used?
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Is it ever useful to create a neologism? [duplicate]
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When does a neologism cease to be a neologism?
Looking back on a couple questions that have requested neologisms, I wonder anew how useful any volunteered neologisms ...
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Cheersing vs cheering [closed]
I have come across the word "cheersing", with an "s", as opposed to what I believe to be the correct form: cheering.
I think it comes from a misguided verbification of the exclamation "cheers!", as ...
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How would you describe an operator which has no fixity? [closed]
Traditionally mathematical operators are either prefix, postfix or infix. All the three forms of notation are equivalent and can be converted from one to another.
Formal systems such as programming ...
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“After-midnight” as adjective
A recent CNN report reads:
In an after-midnight session the U.S. Senate passed a bill Saturday ...
Google returns few results for after-midnight, other than references to a certain horror ...
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“Memberify” or “membrify”? [closed]
Which is the correct form when adding the -ify suffix to member?
memberify
membrify
I know it's not a regular word, I want to use it in a context for something like "make me a member".
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Etymology of “eellogofusciouhipoppokunurious” - is it really a synonym for “good”? [closed]
Seen a couple of Facebook posts and links like this:
How do you pronounce eellogofusciouhipoppokunurious?
It's listed here
And here
But I've yet to see the etymology for this and wondering if it's ...
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What do you call someone who uses Twitter? [closed]
Are they a
twitterer
Twitterer
Twitter user
tweeter
tweep?
Is it just a matter of preference?
For comparison, I think "Facebook user" is the accepted term.
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Is there a word for the new date of a postponement?
Is there a word to describe the new date of a postponement?
I was in conversation with someone and I said to her:
"The show was postponed, and I'm worried I won't be able to make it to the ...
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How is a word coined? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Creating a new word
What are the criteria to adopt new words into English?
What if I want to use the term supertibi somewhere accompanying superego? We have superego ...
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Is this a morphological error? or an instance of neologism? [closed]
A learner's error of translation:
Hand me the pincers. (for pliers)
Is this an error of morphology; or is it, as I think, a neologism, in that the learner substitutes a term he already knows ...
