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- noun Plural form of
coinage .
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Examples
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One of his most memorable coinages is 'cold war', first used in the Manchester Evening News in 1943, a fact still undiscovered by Anderson or the OED.
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Creating effective compounds—essentially two-word coinages—requires special care.
The Soul of Brevity Daniel Akst 2011
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The very tone of the discourse is similar, and like fanzines, the Web took new word coinages, turned them into acronyms, and ran with them.
Boing Boing 2008
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If you've read Russell Hoban's brilliant Riddley Walker, you've seen punning word coinages done better and more poetically.
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If you've read Russell Hoban's brilliant Riddley Walker, you've seen punning word coinages done better and more poetically.
September 2008 2008
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Anyone with young kids knows how fascinating their playful word coinages can be.
On Kitchen Table Lingo DC 2008
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If you've read Russell Hoban's brilliant Riddley Walker, you've seen punning word coinages done better and more poetically.
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Anyone with young kids knows how fascinating their playful word coinages can be.
Archive 2008-12-01 DC 2008
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Apparently, random word coinages generally don't produce results.
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Apparently, random word coinages generally don't produce results.
Archive 2006-10-01 2006
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