Neologism
Nouns
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neology, neologism
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newfangled expression, nonce expression
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back-formation
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caconym
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barbarism. archaism, black letter, monkish Latin. corruption, missaying, malapropism, antiphrasis. pun, paranomasia, play upon words
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word play etc. (wit) Wit
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palindrome, paragram, anagram, clinch
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abuse of language, abuse of terms. dialect, brogue, idiom, accent, patois
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provincialism, regionalism, localism
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broken English, lingua franca
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Anglicism, Briticism, Gallicism, Scotticism, Hibernicism
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Americanism
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Gypsy lingo, Romany
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pidgin, pidgin English, pigeon English
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Volapuk, Chinook, Esperanto, Hindustani, kitchen Kaffir. dog Latin, macaronics, gibberish
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confusion of tongues, Babel
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babu English, chi-chi. figure of speech etc. (metaphor) Metaphor
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byword. colloquialism, informal speech, informal language. substandard language, vernacular. vulgar language, obscene language, obscenity, vulgarity. jargon, technical terms, technicality, lingo, slang, cant, argot
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St. Gile's Greek, thieves' Latin, peddler's French, flash tongue, Billingsgate, Wall Street slang. pseudology. pseudonym etc. (misnomer) Misnomer
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Mr. So-and-so
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wha d'ye call 'em, whatchacallim, what's his name
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thingummy, thingumbob
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coiner of words.
Verbs
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coin words, coin a term
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backform
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Americanize, Anglicize.
Adjectives
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neologic, neological
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archaic
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obsolete etc. (old) Oldness
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colloquial
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Anglice.