neologism

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Or dumb phone is a glib neologism for feature phone.

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Quick take

a newly invented word or phrase

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noun

a newly invented word or phrase

noun

the act of inventing a word or phrase

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for neologism.

noun

a newly invented word or phrase

noun

the act of inventing a word or phrase

Example sentences

Or dumb phone is a glib neologism for feature phone.

CamperBob2 gets it. You're playing with a straw man and a neologism.

It's a poor choice of words and since "intellectual property rights" is the neologism, it should change.

Great for Vaidyanathan and all, but what I really dislike about this article is this "wrongful hire" neologism.

I live in the UK. Literally the only thing I know about Rick Santorum is that he is a homophobic bigot, and the only reason I know that is because of the Santorum neologism.

I happen to like gender-neutral pronouns, because I like messing with linguistics and conlangs, so I use them in hopes that other people will use them, just like any other neologism.

An equally arbitrary neologism like "hyper-resiliency" would have probably made just as much sense.

See, if you'd taken English classes instead of Theology, you'd have recognized the neologism of "Damascean".The first poster was saying something casually, and I was making a joke.

The term "bro" didn't originate with "brogramming", which is a very recent neologism and not widely known outside of hipster tech communities and feminist circles.

When it's competing against a completely legitimate neologism?Certainly.