Neologism

Neologism

Pronounced:
<nee-ah-la-jiz-am>

My use:
Twitter is a neologism. It became a new word because it was a new idea.

Means:
A new word, phrase, or expression.

Literary use:
By Mrs. Browning
The introduction of new words, or the use of old words in a new sense.

Memory trick:
neo . log . ism
neo (means) = new
log  (reminds of) log or book
ism  (means) the theory of
new log the theory of

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