Neologisms


Neologism is a newly coined word or phrase or a new meaning for an existing word, or a word borrowed from another language. The intense development of science and industry has called forth the invention and introduction of an immense number of new words and changed the meaning of old ones.

Examples of Modern-Day Neologisms:

  • Noob: Someone who is new to an online community or game.
  • Ego surfer:  A person who boosts his ego by searching for his own name on Google and other search engines.
  • 404: Someone who’s clueless. From the World Wide Web error message 404 Not Found, meaning that the requested document could not be located.
  • Google: To use an online search engine as the basis for looking up information on the World Wide Web.
  • Troll: An individual who posts inflammatory, rude, and obnoxious comments to an online community.





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