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Noun
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Written over a period of seventeen years, the novel was composed in an idiosyncratic style that blended standard English with neologisms and puns in multiple languages.—
Paul Slovak
September 16,
Literary Hub,
16 Sep. 2025 -
Podcasts, newsletters, and Words of the Year have popularized neologisms, etymologies, and usage trends.—
Stefan Fatsis,
The Atlantic,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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There were a few coinages in the script, but 90 percent of the language is real.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Archaisms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/archaisms. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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