In a sentence
Six example sentences with neologism, each labelled with its topic.
Every release cycle spawns a neologism that half the engineers repeat for a month and then quietly abandon.
Technology
Shakespeare gave English hundreds of coinages, and one neologism from Hamlet still appears in ordinary conversation today.
Literature
The speedrunning community coined a neologism for the glitch, and within a week commentators used it on stream.
Gaming
Every consultancy report arrives with a new neologism, and by the next quarter the word appears in job titles.
Business
The physicist needed a neologism for the particle, and a joke name stuck once the journal printed it.
Science
A campaign strategist coined a neologism for the undecided suburban voter, and every pundit adopted it within a week.
Politics
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