pseudoneologism

noun

Etymology

From pseudo- + neologism.

Definitions

  1. A word or expression that appears to be a neologism, but is actually either not genuinely…

    A word or expression that appears to be a neologism, but is actually either not genuinely new or is a pseudoform derived from existing linguistic elements.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for pseudoneologism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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