Definitions
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- noun Word or phrase that was
coined in the distant past, often nowobscured , or if recently used: possibly having a definition orimplication different from that of any earlier usage.
Etymologies
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paleo- + -logism, from Ancient Greek: παλαιός (palaios, "old") in combination with λόγος (logos, "word").
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Matt, where did you learn the paleologism “bitchin’”?
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