coined
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Infante likes using a word coined by journalist H.L.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
For instance, Mr. Nichols tells us early on that Hawthorne’s sister-in-law, Elizabeth Peabody, coined the word “transcendentalism.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
In 2017 researchers coined the term orthosomnia to describe the tendency to chase perfect scores with sleep tracking and the ensuing sleep problems, distress, and anxiety from not receiving a perfect score.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
Unlike a Bollywood catchphrase or a cricketing cliché, it isn't coined by scriptwriters or sporting heroes.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
The term hate crime was coined in response to what was described at the time as an “epidemic” of neo-Nazi and skinhead violence, although in retrospect it’s unclear whether any such epidemic existed.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
