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A made-up word. Like all the other words, but ''new''. We like 'em. We ''make'' them.
A made-up word. Like all the other words, but ''new''. caWe like 'em. We ''make'' them.


Differs from the [[Perfectly Cromulent Word]] in that the [[Neologism]] is born or constructed from existing words either via [[Portmanteau]], by using actual (if misused) grammatical rules or by an idiosyncratic but systematic and understandable transformation (for example, phoneme substitution or shifting your fingers one key to the left on your keyboard). Some neologisms are deliberate; some are accidental, errors which caught on.
Differs from the [[Perfectly Cromulent Word]] in that the [[Neologism]] is born or constructed from existing words either via [[Portmanteau]], using actual (if misused) grammatical rules, or by an idiosyncratic but systematic and understandable transformation - for example, phoneme substitution or shifting your fingers one key to the left on your keyboard. Some neologisms are deliberate; others are accidental, errors which caught on.


Not to be confused with [[Personal Dictionary]], which is pretending existing words mean something else.
Not to be confused with [[Personal Dictionary]], which is pretending existing words mean something else.
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{{quote|'''Stephen Fry:''' What's the collective noun for a group of baboons?
{{quote|'''Stephen Fry:''' What's the collective noun for a group of baboons?
'''Rich Hall:''' The Pentagon. }}
'''Rich Hall:''' The Pentagon. }}
* On ''[[Not Necessarily the News]]'', Rich Hall created a segment which encouraged viewers to write in examples. The segment was called "Sniglets", which was defined as "Words that should be in the dictionary but aren't." Some examples include
* On ''[[Not Necessarily the News]]'', Rich Hall created a segment which encouraged viewers to write in examples. The segment was called "Sniglets", which was defined as "Words that should be in the dictionary but aren't." Some examples include:
** Krogt—the silver coating on lottery tickets or game pieces that you scratch off with a quarter
** Krogt — the silver coating on lottery tickets or game pieces that you scratch off with a quarter.
** Lactomangulation—opening the "illegal" side (the one that says 'open other end') on a milk carton
** Lactomangulation — opening the "illegal" side (the one that says 'open other end') on a milk carton.
** Bovilexia—The uncontrollable urge to lean out the car window and yell "Moo!" when passing cows.
** Bovilexia — The uncontrollable urge to lean out the car window and yell "Moo!" when passing cows.
** Carperpetuation—repeatedly vacuuming a piece of lint or other object stuck on a carpet, reaching over and picking it up, examining it, then throwing it back down to give the vacuum ''one more chance''.
** Carperpetuation—repeatedly vacuuming a piece of lint or other object stuck on a carpet, reaching over and picking it up, examining it, then throwing it back down to give the vacuum another chance.
** Flopcorn—kernels of corn in a bag of popcorn that fail to pop. Interestingly enough, a maker of microwave popcorn used the term in a printed advertisement
** Flopcorn — kernels of corn in a bag of popcorn that fail to pop. Interestingly enough, a maker of microwave popcorn used the term in a printed advertisement.
*** There ''is'' a term for unpopped popcorn in the business. They're called "old maids".
*** There ''is'' a term for unpopped popcorn in the business. They're called "old maids".
* In ''[[Blackadder]]'', Edmund torments Dr. Samuel Johnson by making up words such as "contrafibularities", "anaspeptic", "phrasmotic", and "interphrastically".
* In ''[[Blackadder]]'', Edmund torments Dr. Samuel Johnson by making up words such as "contrafibularities", "anaspeptic", "phrasmotic", and "interphrastically".




== Video Games ==
==Video Games==
* The ''[[Deadly Rooms of Death|DROD]]'' series extends "once, twice, thrice" as follows: quarce, quince, sence, septence, octence, novence. All of these combine Latin numeric prefixes with the "-ce" ending of the first three. They have begun to show up in other places outside the series.
* The ''[[Deadly Rooms of Death|DROD]]'' series extends "once, twice, thrice" as follows: quarce, quince, sence, septence, octence, novence. All of these combine Latin numeric prefixes with the "-ce" ending of the first three. They have begun to show up in other places outside the series.
* ''[[Nethack]]'' uses the word "cornuthaum" for a wizard's pointed hat. The hat existed in media before, but the word was specifically made up for use in ''Nethack''.
* ''[[Nethack]]'' uses the word "cornuthaum", which was specifically made up for the game, and refer to a wizard's trademark pointed hat.
* ''[[Septerra Core]]''. The title contains "Septerra" which is the name of the planet the game takes place on. However, "Septerra", while a made-up word, can be taken to mean "Seven Lands", which is [[Fridge Brilliance]] because the game contains exactly that.
* ''[[Septerra Core]]''. The title contains "Septerra", which is the name of the planet the game takes place on; "Septerra" can be taken to mean "Seven Lands", which is [[Fridge Brilliance]] because the game contains exactly that.




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