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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | new word |
| Synonyms: | buzz word, coinage, neology, new phrase, slang, synthetic word, vogue word |
| Notes: | a nonce word is one that has been coined or borrowed for a particular occasion and is unlikely to become standard in the language; a neologism is a 'new word' in the language |
| Antonyms: | time-worn |
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| Main Entry: | jargon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | specialized language; dialect |
| Synonyms: | abracadabra, argot, balderdash, banality, bombast, bunk, buzzwords, cant, cliché, colloquialism, commonplace term, doublespeak, drivel, fustian, gibberish, hackneyed term, idiom, insipidity, lexicon, lingo, mumbo jumbo, neologism, newspeak, nonsense, overused term, palaver, parlance, patois, patter, rigmarole, shoptalk, slang, slanguage, speech, stale language, street talk, tongue, trite language, twaddle, usage, vernacular, vocabulary |
| Antonyms: | standard |
| Main Entry: | slang |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | casual dialect |
| Synonyms: | argot, cant, colloquialism, informal speech, jargon, lingo, neologism, patois, patter, pidgin, shoptalk, slanguage street talk, vernacular, vulgarism, vulgarity |
| Antonyms: | standard |
| Main Entry: | nonce word |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | invented word |
| Synonyms: | neologism, new word, singleton |
| Notes: | a nonce word is one that has been coined or borrowed for a particular occasion and is unlikely to become standard in the language; a neologism is a 'new word' in the language |
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