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a word so new it still smells like paint, waiting to see if it dries into the dictionary.
means a newly coined word or phrase, or an old one wearing a brand-new meaning.
from from french neologisme, stitched from greek neos (new) and logos (word) — coined in the 18th century, itself a neologism describing the very thing it names.
self-referencethe word neologism was once a neologism itself
psychiatry twistclinically, it can mean invented gibberish words in psychosis
survival ratemost neologisms die within a generation, unnoticed
dictionary lagwords often circulate for years before official recognition