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Example sentences for: neologism

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' This 19th-century neologism was obviously derived directly from the -nd marker of the active gerund in Latin, which suggests the therapist (active agent) rather than the patient (the recipient, the one the treatment acts upon).
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.
' Take musuko `son,' the standard Japanese slang word for penis, translate it into English, add play , and you have a sprightly and newfangled neologism.
Chimp neologism for a stale pastry: "cookie rock."
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.