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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 does "rhumatis" mean?

I know that Uncle Tom's Cabin is full of neologisms, and I try my best to grit my teeth and infer as best I can without racing down every such rabbit hole that presents itself, but with rhumatis, for whatever …
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Word or intuitive neologism for "(unhealthy) infatuation with gold"

The easy picks: greed avarice They get the message across, but are too general. I want a word that narrows the meaning to only gold -- not just desire for wealth / material gain. I tried a neologism …
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Neolog / prefix for use with bubble+ology [closed]

I want to coin a word that means the study of financial bubbles. After learning that Bubbleology is some kind of metropolitan tea beverage, my immediate hunch of "Bubbleology" lost a great deal of app …
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