definitions, beginning with the most fundamental term, "neologism." In
the broadest sense it refers to any word which is perceived by
linguistically homogeneous community as being new". Neologism is
coining new words or giving new meanings to existing words. Thus,
neologism is a way of finding new horizons in language. Neologism is
way of contributing vocabulary to language.
The need to make neologisms is the requirement of a community, society
and as individual mental growth. A new word to be popularized by a
group of people takes into account many steps before the approval of
that community. And thus inclusion in dictionary is the final
destination for a neologism to be accepted on a large scale.
Story behind the word "dude" is that it is a word invented by Oscar
Wilde. "" bbc
Neologisms are derived from various sources. It can either be social,
political, religious or creative need.
Shakespeare has contributed the largest number of words and phrases to
the English language. The dictionary organized "On Historical
Principles" records "virtually every word Shakespeare has known to
have written, attributing 1,904 new coinages" to him. "All that
glitters is not gold" (The Merchant of Venice), "The world's my
oyster" (2 Henry IV) and
Lewis Carroll is famously known as "the king of neologistic poems" .
It is especially because of his poem, "Jabberwocky". Words like
"Bandersnatch — A swift moving creature with snapping jaws, capable of
extending its neck." One way of creating neologisms are by the use of
Portmanteau's. According to Merriam Webster the definitin of
Portmanteau is "
a word or morpheme whose form and meaning are derived from a blending
of two or more distinct forms (as smog from smoke and fog)" and the
"Etymology is from Middle French portemanteau, from porter to carry +
manteau mantle, from Latin mantellum — more at port ". A word used in
"Jabberwocky" "chortled" had thought to have derived from combining
two words "chuckle" and "snort". Oxford English Dictionary of chortle
is verb laugh in a breathy, gleeful way. noun a breathy, gleeful
laugh. ORIGIN coined by Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking Glass;
probably a blend of CHUCKLE and SNORT.
source:
portmanteau:
http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/chortle?view=uk
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