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1.3What Are The Main Types of Neologisms?

Neologisms come in different forms but they can be separated into three main types. We can borrow words from other languages, form new words by blending two together or add a prefix or a suffix to change the form of the existing word.

A new word may be adopted from another language. For example, the word ‘cafe’ is the word for ‘coffee’ in many different parts of the world. ‘Wanderlust’, ‘cartoon’, and ‘loot’ are other words that have been taken from other languages and are commonly used in English.
Common blended words to form new words include:
Breakfast + lunch = brunch
Hungry + angry = hangry
Chill + relax = chillax
Confused + puzzled = confuzzled
Smoke + fog = smog
And it’s common to add the suffix -er to a verb or a noun to describe a person in that area or profession.
For example:
Instagram = Instagrammar
Blog = Blogger
Influence = Influencer
Facebook = Facebooker

What Is An Example of Neologism?

‘Cyberspace’, ‘staycation’ and ‘skort’ are some of the common neologisms in English. They have been formed by combining two separate concepts. They explain an idea that didn’t have its own word. The concept of ‘cyberspace’ is relatively new so a new word needed to be created to describe it.

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What is The Concept of Neologism?

Neologisms take a while to become integrated into the English language. They usually make their way into the dictionary when they are commonly used by native English speakers. A word is considered a neologism when it’s very obvious that it’s a word made up of other words or that one word has been changed to get it to fit a new form.
Neologisms can occur in passing too. A native English speaker could make up a new word on the spot to describe what’s on their mind. It’s not uncommon for native English speakers to create a word by blending two together or adding a prefix or a suffix in a once-off situation to describe something specific.