protologism

Meaning

Noun

• A newly coined word or phrase defined in the hope that it will become common; a recently created term possibly in narrow use but not yet acknowledged.

Related

Similar words

• sniglet

Origin

• in 2003, from πρῶτος + λόγος, by analogy with prototype and neologism
• {{cite-web
• |title=PreDictionary: Experiments in Verbal Creativity
• |author=Mikhail Epstein
• |url=http://www.emory.edu/INTELNET/predictionary.htm
• {{cite-web
• |title=Protologism
• |author=Michael Quinion
• |work=World Wide Words
• |url=http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-pro1.htm
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