A neologism is a newly coined word or phrase that has not yet been accepted into mainstream language.
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Is there a more common phrase that means “preponed”?
I was aware of this and this stackexchange post discuss the same. There is no prepone in English. Ok, then how do I say Our meeting is preponed in correct way? What is the correct word/phrase for ...
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Creating a new word
If you invent a new word, how do you go about getting this recognised as a real word in dictionaries?
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If I invent a word, what language is it?
I invented a word using medical terminology, Latin and maybe a bit of Greek. (I'm not honestly sure of the etymology of all the morphemes.) Considering that this word is primarily not of English ...
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What is the story behind the word “hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia”?
Was someone just trying to be funny by being ironic?
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When does a neologism cease to be a neologism?
What benchmarks or useful signs can be found to declassify neologisms? Obviously, inclusion in a dictionary is as likely as anything to declare a neologism a word but what happens just before that ...
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Are there any cases where “prepend” cannot be replaced by “prefix”?
"Prepend" is seeing a fair amount of use, both in programmer jargon and elsewhere.
Its use seems to come from a desire to create a word that is a direct parallel to "append."
However, such a word ...
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What does the word “cinemaddict” mean?
Please explain to me (non-native speaker) what the word "cinemaddict" means. What synonyms does it have?
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Term shorter than “microblog” as generic equivalent of “tweet”
I search rather than Google and vacuum rather than Hoover. Technically I microblog rather than tweet, but it just doesn't sound as snappy. Is there a short (single syllable?), established, generic ...
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What is a word for “experts' self-serving practice”?
Is there any word to refer to the practice of experts in a given field aiming at maintaining their position as experts, rather than producing anything that could possibly challenge their position?
I ...
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What do you call someone who chooses to stay single for life?
Not necessarily a virgin, but someone that has consciously chosen to stay single for life (and is content with that decision). Hopefully, there is a single word for it. Example: Ralph Nader
UPDATE: ...
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Is there a word akin to “hungry” or “thirsty” that implies a need to urinate?
Sometimes my brain (maybe because I'm not a native English speaker) tends to come up with logical extensions to common formats; in this case, more than once I caught myself thinking (not out loud, ...
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What would you call the object of an activity one does for fun?
For instance, the object related to cooking is a "dish", when playing it is "sport" or "game", when singing it's a "song".
Which single term would describe the object for the general act of doing ...
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Which of these two should be preferred: “sinification” or “sinicization”?
Which of these two options would be considered most elegant / correct? Personally I think Sinicization (or Sinicisation) has a more natural ring to it, but I have seen Sinification used also.
Also, ...
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Good term for a business partner and competitor?
In our line of work we often work with other companies as partners on some jobs, and then compete against them on other jobs. So they are partners and competitors. Is there a good term for this, ...
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Verbing, or turning nouns into verbs [duplicate]
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What is it called when a non-verb is used as a verb?
The phenomenon of turning a noun into a verb is very common. Some are more well known, like "shouldering the blame" ...
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Is there a term for French words adopted by the English language, such as “hors d'oeuvres” or “objet d'art”
I would call them "Frenchisms" or some such -ism, but I figured I'd at least ask first. So is there a name for such adopted foreign phrases? Also, how about those adopted from languages other than ...
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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 ...
