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Example sentences for: neologism

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Nowadays, of course, the overbriefed newcomers are orientated , a longer verb that sounds suspiciously like a back-formation from orientation . Similarly, derivate looks like an up-and-coming contender for derive . Proceeding analogously, a classmate of mine in junior high school once talked of improvisating, but somehow her neologism never caught on.
Chimp neologism for a stale pastry: "cookie rock."
Once the provenance of hype has been established, you can discard Murphy's elaborate apparatus for explaining overhyped . That ghastly neologism is just the latest example of the peculiar American tendency toward tautological idioms.
Even when we scorn yet another neologism with -athon , or ridicule a new -gate (as in Irangate ), or wince at alcoholic becoming chocoholic , it has already made us concentrate on language and refreshed our interest by whetting our humor.
' Take musuko `son,' the standard Japanese slang word for penis, translate it into English, add play , and you have a sprightly and newfangled neologism.