Podcasting, now that is a Neologism

podcast-logo.png Yesterday's word got me to thinking and reading about word creation and where new words come from. This of course led me to a new new word- neologism. It is a word that has two meanings. The first is a new word or term. It can refer to a meaningful word like podcasting or it can be a nonsense utterance of an insane person. The second meaning for neologism is the act of inventing a new word. For example, the MBA types frequently use the word learnings to describe observations or conclusions since learnings isn't a dictionary word they are unknowingly engaging in neologism.

Any neologists out there? Send me your new words.


Posted by Scott Brenner December 22, 2004 | Comments
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