verb
- creating or using new words or expressions; introducing neologisms into a language
Usage: present participle of neologize; common in linguistics and language studies
Examples
- The tech industry is constantly neologizing, creating words like 'selfie' and 'cryptocurrency'.
- Linguists study how social media is neologizing by introducing slang terms into mainstream usage.
- Shakespeare was famous for neologizing, inventing hundreds of words still used today.
- Young people are neologizing at an accelerated rate through internet culture.
- The author criticized critics for neologizing unnecessarily complex terminology.
- Digital communication has been neologizing language with abbreviations like 'LOL' and 'FOMO'.