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missdutch Netherlands Local time: 11:09 Member (2010) English to Italian + ...
Howlerious!
Jul 18, 2012
Thank you, Noni, a very interesting and amusing read.
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Neil Coffey United Kingdom Local time: 10:09 French to English + ...
Surprised they weren't doing it before
Jul 18, 2012
Don't see the big controversy -- surprised they weren't doing it before.
Presumably though, part of the dictionary's inclusion criteria also involves looking at frequency of use of new words on web sites. So in effect, they probably already have a means of garnering data on new words from the public -- this is just a more "direct" way of doing it.
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neilmac Spain Local time: 11:09 Spanish to English + ...
The Neilist approach
Jul 18, 2012
When I make up (sorry, ahem, "coin") terms, I was originally going to call them "neilogisms" but a friend said it sounded rude...
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Noni Gilbert Spain Local time: 11:09 Spanish to English + ...
TOPIC STARTER
Neil
Jul 18, 2012
We won't know if they're rude unless you give us some examples!
(Edited because I'm not yet used to the touch of my new keyboard, and keep shortening my words).
[Edited at 2012-07-18 17:39 GMT]
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missdutch Netherlands Local time: 11:09 Member (2010) English to Italian + ...
Yes, but...
Jul 18, 2012
neilmac wrote:
When I make up (sorry, ahem, "coin") terms, I was originally going to call them "neilogisms" but a friend said it sounded rude...
if they're particularly good and accurate, you could call them "nailogisms" (and yes, now I can see it can sound rude;-)). Looking forward to them, though.
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Favorite Neologisms That Are Not In Dictionary Yet, But Should Be
Jul 19, 2012
According to this post, Merriam-Webster's Dictionary sent out a poll asking people to submit their favorite neologisms that are not currently listed in the dictionary.
You can read the top 10 results here in the article
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