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neologismA new word or new meaning for an existing word. The high-tech field routinely creates neologisms, especially new meanings. Years ago, there was no doubt that a "mouse" referred only to a furry, little rodent. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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This is a timeworn technique; you'll hear the same kind of accusatory smear in the newly coined term "Islamofascist," asserting that there is an interconnected conspiracy among disparate and wholly independent groups of people who happen to share a heritage. The recently coined term ethnicity is a catch-word for a wide ranging set of phenomena set in ancient contexts in which marginalizing was a routine function of in-group boundary maintenance. For example, the book includes `fake TV' as a newly coined term -- one I have never heard, and the definition of which sounds very much like what is ironically and now very commonly known as `reality TV'. |
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