English
warn|neologism
Etymology
Coined by Mikhail Epstein (and adopted by the Wiktionary community) from Gr. protos, first + Gr. logos, word, by analogy with prototype and neologism.
Pronunciation
RP IPA|/pɹ���t�l��ʤɪzm/
Noun
en-noun
- wjargon A newly coined word or phrase defined in the hope that it will become accepted into the language; a recently created term possibly in narrow use but not yet in general use.
#*2005 February 15, Steve Gooch, Ceci n'est pas une cybercarnet., at <tt>mentalspigot.com</tt> 1
#*: Finally, a protologism for one of my favorite activities.
#*2005, Geoffrey D. Falk, Stripping the Gurus, Appendix IV, Million Monkeys Press
#*: spoofs that I incorporated in this essay: ... coined a neologism/protologism
#*2006 February 7, Scott Fletcher, �Podfaders in Wired Magazine�, Podcheck Review 2
#*: If you're...a member of the Wikipedia police, the word �podfade�<!--curly quotes in original--> is merely neologistic protologism, not suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia.
#*2006 March 15, Ian Morrison, �Tom Weir�, <tt>soc.culture.scottish</tt>, Usenet
#*: I think it is very cheeky to suggest that *our* word is a protologism when the word "protologism" itself was only invented a month ago.
#*2006 September 12, Dwight �The Troubled Teen�, �Vocab Vacuum�, Ruminations of a Misspent Youth, at <tt>dwightthetroubledteen.blogspot.com</tt> 3
#*:So what's the word for.... I need a good Sniglet or protologism.
#*2006 December 16, Kevin Doran, "Poem in elimae", Kevin Doran 4
#*: it's a visual pun, portmanteau (of sorts), and protologism.
See also
:Wiktionary:Protologisms -- Definition, guidelines, and criteria for inclusion.
Wiktionary:List of protologisms. The list may be expanded, but articles should not be created for protologisms.
:Category:Protologisms where full articles erroneously exist.
Category:English nouns ending in -ism
ru:protologism
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