Neologism

A Neologism is a Term that is a new term in the (mainstream) Vocabulary.

• Context:
  • It can be created by a Word Coinage Process.
  • It can be based on a company brand name.
• Example(s):
  • "black hole" (1968)
  • "political correctness" (1970)
  • "Internet" (1974)
  • "pro-choice" (1975)
  • "meme" (1976)
  • "prion" (1982)
  • "soccer mom" (1992)
  • "google" (1998), e.g. "I googled it".
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • "fourth normal form" is a Technical Term.
• See: Collocation.

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References

• http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/neologism
  • Noun
    • 1. (linguistics) A word or phrase which has recently been coined; a new word or phrase.
    • 2. (linguistics) (uncountable) The act or instance of coining, or uttering a new word.
    • 3. (linguistics) The newly coined, meaningless words or phrases of someone with a psychosis, usually schizophrenia.
  • Usage notes
    • For a word to no longer be considered new, it needs to be understood by a significant portion of the population, as having always been a valid word. For that to occur, the word must have been in common use for approximately one generation; fifteen to twenty years. No exact measure of how long a word needs to be part of the language to no longer be considered "new" is universally accepted.
  • Synonyms
    • coinage
• (WordNet, 2009) ⇒ http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=neologism
  • S: (n) neologism, neology, coinage (a newly invented word or phrase)
  • S: (n) neologism, neology, coinage (the act of inventing a word or phrase)
• (Wikipedia, 2009) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neologism
  • A neologism (IPA: /niˈɒləˌdʒɪzəm/; from Greek neo 'new' + logos 'word') is a newly coined word that may be in the process of entering common use, but has not yet been accepted into mainstream language (which can take up to a generation[1]). Neologisms are often directly attributable to a specific person, publication, period, or event. The term neologism was coined in 1803. [2]

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