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A neologism is a newly coined word or phrase that has not yet been accepted into mainstream language.
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What is the English word for "one who composes prayers"?
A specialist in formal worship, i.e. the liturgy, is a liturgist. Understand, however, that this is a very broad term that is used differently in various traditions and denominations, and that the wri …
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Has the word “Birtherism” gotten the currency or ‘citizenship’ as the received English?
The -ism suffix can indicate a philosophy, belief system, or ideological movement, as in liberalism, Prebyterianism, or Gaullism. Here, it has been affixed to birther, because that is what these consp …
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What does "rhumatis" mean?
Rhumatis is almost certainly a colloquialism for rheumatism.
In the era that Uncle Tom's Cabin was written, rheumatism was a catch-all term for what modern medicine recognizes as distinct conditions …
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Is there a term for coining a phrase for a word that already exists?
You have named textbook cases of the retronym, which AHD defines as
A word or phrase created because an existing term that was once used alone needs to be distinguished from a term referring to a …
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Meaning of "win-the-cycle crap"
The cycle here refers to the news cycle [ODO]:
A round of media coverage; the period from one broadcast or printing to the next.
The phrasing win the news cycle is slangy, as ordinary consumers …
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