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neologisms
noun(ne-ol-o-gism)
a new word, usage, or expression
neologisms
noun(ne-ol-o-gism)
a new word that is coined especially by a person affected with schizophrenia and is meaningless except to the coiner, and is typically a combination of two existing words or a shortening or distortion of an existing word

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