Protologism
a newly coined word or phrase defined in the hope that it will become common, with no or extremely little use From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A protologism is a brand new word.[1] Most people don't know about the word after its creation.[2] Only a tiny group of people have ever used the word.[3] Sometimes the coiner is the only person who has ever used the word.[4] Sometimes people create protologisms because of a gap in the language.[5]
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