{"id":25953,"date":"2021-03-11T05:05:12","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T09:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/?p=25953"},"modified":"2021-04-15T10:30:31","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T14:30:31","slug":"how-to-coin-a-new-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/2021\/03\/how-to-coin-a-new-word\/","title":{"rendered":"How to coin a new word"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Create new terms by merging old ones<\/h2>\n<p>Tracy Ousdahl and Paul Pinney have traveled the globe. But sometimes, instead of venturing out to a cool destination, they use their time off to visit their families.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_26004\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26004\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"26004\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/2021\/03\/how-to-coin-a-new-word\/how-to-coin-a-new-word\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/how-to-coin-a-new-word.png\" data-orig-size=\"300,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"how-to-coin-a-new-word\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A whole new word&lt;\/strong&gt; Freshly minted words like portmanteaus get more attention than tired coinages.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/how-to-coin-a-new-word-300x300.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/how-to-coin-a-new-word.png\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/how-to-coin-a-new-word.png\" alt=\"How to coin a new word\" title=\"How to coin a new word\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26004 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/how-to-coin-a-new-word.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/how-to-coin-a-new-word-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/how-to-coin-a-new-word-100x100.png 100w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/300;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"26004\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/2021\/03\/how-to-coin-a-new-word\/how-to-coin-a-new-word\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/how-to-coin-a-new-word.png\" data-orig-size=\"300,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"how-to-coin-a-new-word\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A whole new word&lt;\/strong&gt; Freshly minted words like portmanteaus get more attention than tired coinages.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/how-to-coin-a-new-word-300x300.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/how-to-coin-a-new-word.png\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/how-to-coin-a-new-word.png\" alt=\"How to coin a new word\" title=\"How to coin a new word\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26004\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/how-to-coin-a-new-word.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/how-to-coin-a-new-word-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/how-to-coin-a-new-word-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26004\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>A whole new word<\/strong> Freshly minted words like portmanteaus get more attention than tired coinages.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Don\u2019t call that a vacation, though. To Tracy and Paul, that\u2019s a <em>famcation<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Half-and-half words like <em>famcation<\/em> \u2014 linguists call these <em>portmanteaus<\/em> \u2014 not only grab readers\u2019 attention. They also move further and faster on social media. In fact, research by HubSpot\u2019s Dan Zarrella shows that tweets containing novel words tend to get retweeted more often than those that don\u2019t.<\/p>\n<h3>Smash words together like Shakespeare.<\/h3>\n<p><em>Smirch<\/em> was a verb, writes Barbara Wallraff, author of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Word-Fugitives-Pursuit-Wanted-Words\/dp\/0060832738\/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1251138770&amp;sr=1-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Word Fugitives: In Pursuit of Wanted Words<\/em><\/a>, before Shakespeare added the prefix <em>be-<\/em> to it. And <em>impediment<\/em> was in use for at least 200 years before Shakespeare came up with <em>impede<\/em>. The bard also created the words <em>madcap, ladybug, eyesore<\/em> and <em>eyeball<\/em>, among many others.<\/p>\n<p>Among the first people to \u201cneologize publicly on purpose,\u201d Wallraff writes, were English writers Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear. Carroll, author of <em>Through the Looking Glass<\/em>, added <em>chortle \u2014<\/em> a combination of <em>snort<\/em> and <em>chuckle<\/em> \u2014 to the English language.<\/p>\n<p><em>Portmanteau<\/em> comes from the English portmanteau luggage, a piece of luggage with two compartments. (Or as Carroll wrote, \u201ctwo meanings packed up into one word.\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>Our language is filled with portmanteaus: <em>smog<\/em> (from <em>smoke<\/em> and <em>fog<\/em>), <em>motel<\/em> (<em>motor<\/em> and <em>hotel<\/em>) and <em>brunch<\/em> (<em>breakfast<\/em> and <em>lunch<\/em>).<\/p>\n<h3>How to play with portmanteau.<\/h3>\n<p>Ready to make like Shakespeare and coin your own word? Here are four techniques to try:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Create a Wordoid<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Just plug in an existing word or word fragment, click a button, and <a href=\"http:\/\/wordoid.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wordoid<\/a> will create a slang word for you. Here are some of the results I got when I plugged in the words <em>edit, coach, consult, rewrite<\/em> and <em>train<\/em>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Coachieving<\/li>\n<li>Consultimate<\/li>\n<li>Rewritering<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>How can you use Wordoids to make your copy more creative?<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Combine two words like Sam Horn<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Sam Horn, the goddess of developing creative book titles, offers this process for coining half-and-half words.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>List your key words in two columns<\/strong>. Also consider <a href=\"http:\/\/www.englishclub.com\/vocabulary\/prefixes.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">prefixes<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msu.edu\/~defores1\/gre\/sufx\/gre_suffx.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suffixes<\/a> you can add to your key words to create new words.<\/li>\n<table style=\"background-color: #b8cacd; border: 1px solid #696969; width: 50%; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 20px; border-collapse: collapse; vertical-align: top; font-size: 15px;\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"3\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Bad<\/td>\n<td>+<\/td>\n<td>Advocate<\/td>\n<td>=<\/td>\n<td>Badvocate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Chart<\/td>\n<td>+<\/td>\n<td>Article<\/td>\n<td>=<\/td>\n<td>Charticle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Glamour<\/td>\n<td>+<\/td>\n<td>Grunge<\/td>\n<td>=<\/td>\n<td>Glunge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<li><strong>Review the list<\/strong>. Try combining at the first half of the key words in column A with the second half in column B.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Combine<\/strong> the first half of the key words in column B and the second half in column A.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The result: New words like the term one of Horn\u2019s clients came up for her book about how obesity can lead to chronic diseases. You guessed it:<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"standalone\">Diabesity.<\/h5>\n<p><strong>3. Gain inspiration from WordSpy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Check out online tools like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Verbotomy<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/wordspy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WordSpy<\/a> for novel words that surprise and delight you. Here, a handful from <a href=\"http:\/\/wordspy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WordSpy<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Apostrofly<\/strong> n. An errant or misplaced apostrophe, particularly one that seems to have been added randomly to the text.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Diworsify<\/strong> v. To make something worse by diversifying.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Googleganger<\/strong> n. A person who has the same name as you, and whose online references are mixed in with yours when you run a Google search on your name.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Momoir<\/strong> n. A memoir about motherhood. \u2014 momoirist n.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Proem<\/strong> n. A prose poem; a work written in prose but incorporating poetic imagery and rhythms.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>By reading great neologisms, you can inspire yourself \u2014 almost program yourself \u2014 to coin more creative terms.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Model the masters<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Collect your favorites portmanteaus, take them apart, put them back together and find ways to create words that work for you and your topics.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the best from my collection:<\/p>\n<h5>Mario shrugs smugly, a sort of <em>smrug<\/em>.<\/h5>\n<h6>\u2014 Paul Murray, novelist, in <em>Skippy Dies<\/em><\/h6>\n<h5><em>Capitalistas<\/em>: A disease of misplaced importance. Ex: The Engineer will run the Project, and the Accountant will send Invoices at the end of each Quarter.<\/h5>\n<h6>\u2014 Sally Jacques, head of information management and investor services at Standard Bank South Africa<\/h6>\n<h5><em>Profanitype<\/em>:\u00a0 the special symbols used by cartoonists to replace swear words (points, asterisks, stars, and so on).<\/h5>\n<h6>\u2014 Rich Hall, writer on \u201cNot Necessarily the News\u201d<\/h6>\n<h5><em>Dialexia<\/em>: being terrible at transcribing phone numbers.<\/h5>\n<h6>\u2014 Barbara Wallraff, author of <em>Word Fugitives<\/em><\/h6>\n<h5><em>CFNO<\/em>: A CFO (Chief Financial Officer) whose answer always seems to be <em>No<\/em> no matter how large or small the purchase request. (Not to be confused with COR: Chief Obstacle Remover).<\/h5>\n<h6>\u2014 BuzzWhack<\/h6>\n<h3>Play with portmanteau, noodle with neologism.<\/h3>\n<p>Freshly minted words get more attention than tired coinages. 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