• In linguistics, a neologism (/niˈɒləˌdʒɪzəm/; also known as a coinage) is any newly formed word, term, or phrase that nevertheless has achieved popular...
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    in numerous works of fiction, decades before The Simpsons. A number of neologisms that originated on The Simpsons have entered popular vernacular. Mark...
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    The campaign for the neologism "santorum" started with a contest held in May 2003 by Dan Savage, a sex columnist and LGBT rights activist. Savage asked...
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  • Virtue signalling (category 2010s neologisms)
    Virtue signalling is a pejorative neologism for the idea that an expression of a moral viewpoint is being done disingenuously, with the intent of communicating...
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  • Twixter is a neologism that describes a new generation of young adults in the United States and other industrialized countries who are trapped, in a sense...
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  • 謬. See the neologism Q. See 𨈖. See the neologism ㄍㄧㄣ. See 𰻞, biangbiang noodles and ㄅㄧㄤˋ. See 噹. See the neologism ㄎㄧㄤ. See the neologism ㄍㄧㄥ. See 窘...
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    Pansexuality (category 1910s neologisms)
    Pansexuality is sexual, romantic, or emotional attraction towards people of all genders, or regardless of their sex or gender identity. Pansexual people...
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    "dirty, dangerous and difficult"), also known as the 3Ds, is an American neologism derived from the Asian concept, and refers to certain kinds of labor often...
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  • Walmarting or Walmartization is a neologism referring to U.S. discount department store Walmart with three meanings. The first use is similar to the concept...
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    Zionism (category 1890s neologisms)
    Zionism (/ˈzaɪ.ənɪzəm/ ZY-ə-niz-əm; Hebrew: צִיּוֹנוּת, romanized: Ṣīyyonūt, IPA: [tsijoˈnut]; derived from Zion) is a nationalist movement that emerged...
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  • Spy-fi is a subgenre of spy fiction that includes elements of science fiction, and is often associated with the Cold War. Features of spy-fi include the...
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  • than usual friendship. For instance, the College of William & Mary's neologism dictionary defines QPR as an "extremely close" relationship that is "beyond...
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  • arophobia, or acephobia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Aphobia as a neologism with the meaning of "discrimination against aromantic and asexual people"...
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    Goblin mode (category 2022 neologisms)
    Goblin mode is a neologism for the rejection of societal expectations in a hedonistic manner without concern for one's self-image. While usage of the...
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  • century. In that same period, occult and culture were combined to form the neologism occulture. The occult (from the Latin word occultus; lit. 'clandestine'...
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  • Communism (category 1770s neologisms)
    Communism (from Latin communis, 'common, universal') is a left-wing to far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology within the socialist...
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  • Cheugy (category 2013 neologisms)
    Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Cheugy (/ˈtʃuːɡi/ CHOO-gee) is an American neologism coined in 2013 as a pejorative description of lifestyle trends associated...
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    Queer (category 1980s neologisms)
    Queer is an umbrella term for people who are not heterosexual or are not cisgender. Originally meaning 'strange' or 'peculiar', queer came to be used pejoratively...
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  • Tradwife (category 2010s neologisms)
    A tradwife (a neologism for traditional wife or traditional housewife), in recent Western culture, typically denotes a woman who believes in and practices...
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  • and Christianity. It is sometimes referred to as "Christofascism", a neologism which was coined in 1970 by the liberation theologian Dorothee Sölle....
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  • lexical semantics, the concept of lexical innovation includes the use of neologism or new meanings (so-called semantic augmentation) in order to introduce...
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  • Omnichannel is a neologism describing a business strategy. According to Frost & Sullivan, omnichannel is defined as "seamless and effortless, high-quality...
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  • considered to be always hard; however, loan words such as Цюрих and some other neologisms contain /tsʲ/ through the word-building processes (e.g. фрицёнок, шпицята)...
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  • Feminism (category 1830s neologisms)
    Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social equality...
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    (especially for words of Latin or Greek origin). Formation of new words, called neologisms, based on Greek and/or Latin roots (for example television or optometry)...
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  • Neologisms constitute a notable part of the writing style of Stanisław Lem, a Polish science fiction author and essayist. Lem says that in building his...
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    Blog (category 1990s neologisms)
    A blog (a truncation of "weblog") is an informational website consisting of discrete, often informal diary-style text entries (posts). Posts are typically...
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    Zone to Defend or ZAD (French: zone à défendre) is a French neologism used to refer to a militant occupation that is intended to physically blockade a...
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  • in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Chungus may refer to: "Chungus", a neologism associated with British-American video game commentator James Stephanie...
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  • In marketing, product naming is the discipline of deciding what a product will be called, and is very similar in concept and approach to the process of...
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