neology
/niˈɑlədʒi/
noun
- The practice of creating or using new words or expressions.
- The dictionary added a section on neology to track modern slang.
- The author's love of neology made her novels full of fresh, invented terms.
- Some linguists study neology to understand how languages grow and change.
- A newly coined word or expression; a neologism.
- Teachers sometimes struggle to keep up with the neology their students use.
- The tech industry produces a neology almost every week.
- "Selfie" is a neology that became popular in the early 2000s.
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