| Main Entry: | neologism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | new word |
Synonyms: |
buzz word, coinage, neology, new phrase, slang, synthetic word, vogue word |
| Notes: | a nonce word is one that has been coined or borrowed for a particular occasion and is unlikely to become standard in the language; a neologism is a 'new word' in the language |
Antonyms: |
time-worn |
| Concept: | Neologism. |
| Category: | 2. Conventional Means; Language Generally |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
neology, neologism; newfangled expression; caconym; barbarism; archaism, black letter, monkish Latin; corruption, missaying, antiphrasis., paronomasia, play upon words; word play (wit); double-entendre (ambiguity) [more]; palindrome, paragram, clinch; abuse of language, abuse of terms., dialect, brogue, patois, provincialism, broken English, lingua fraca; Anglicism, Briticism, Gallicism, Scotticism, Hibernicism; Americanism; Gypsy lingo, Romany, pigeon English; Volapuk, Chinook, Esperanto, Hindustani, kitchen Kaffir., dog Latin, macaronics, gibberish; confusion of tongues, Babel; jargon; babu English, chi-chi., colloquialism (figure of speech); byword; technicality, lingo, slang, cant, argot, St. Gile's Greek, thieves' Latin, peddler's French, flash tongue, Billingsgate, Wall Street slang., pseudology., pseudonym (misnomer); Mr. So-and-so; wha d'ye call 'em, whatchacallim, what's his name; thingummy, thingumbob; je ne sais quoi., neologist, coiner of words.
-verbs
coin words; Americanize, Anglicize.
-adjectives
neologic, neological; archaic; obsolete (old); colloquial; Anglice.
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| Main Entry: | jargon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | specialized language; dialect |
Synonyms: |
abracadabra, argot, balderdash, banality, bombast, bunk, buzzwords, cant, cliché, colloquialism, commonplace term, doublespeak, drivel, fustian, gibberish, hackneyed term, idiom, insipidity, lexicon, lingo, mumbo jumbo, neologism, newspeak, nonsense, overused term, palaver, parlance, patois, patter, rigmarole, shoptalk, slang, slanguage, speech, stale language, street talk, tongue, trite language, twaddle, usage, vernacular, vocabulary |
Antonyms: |
standard |
| Main Entry: | slang |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | casual dialect |
Synonyms: |
argot, cant, colloquialism, informal speech, jargon, lingo, neologism, patois, patter, pidgin, shoptalk, slanguage street talk, vernacular, vulgarism, vulgarity |
Antonyms: |
standard |
| Main Entry: | nonce word |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | invented word |
Synonyms: |
neologism, new word, singleton |
| Notes: | a nonce word is one that has been coined or borrowed for a particular occasion and is unlikely to become standard in the language; a neologism is a 'new word' in the language |