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A neologism or a neology . The answer to the "Age" cross word on Sat Feb 2 is "neology"
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What is a word or phrase defined in a dictionary called?
A word or phrase defined in a dictionary is called an entry.
What is called when you use the 1st letter of each word in a list or phrase to create a sentence that helps you remember the original list or phrase?
That is called an acronym. It is a word formed from the initial letters of a multi-word name or phrase.
What part of speech is of the field?
"Of the field" is a prepositional phrase. The word "of" is a preposition, and "the field" is the object of the preposition.
What is the word at the end of a prepositional phrase called?
The word at the end of a prepositional phrase is called the object of the preposition. It is the noun or pronoun that the preposition acts upon in the sentence.
What is a word when you say or sing a phrase over and over?
That is called a "chant" or a "repetitive phrase."
What is a word or phrase defined in a dictionary called?
A word or phrase defined in a dictionary is called an entry.
What are new words or phrases form by kids?
A newly coined word or phrase is called a neologism.
What do you call using only the first letters of a word?
Using only the first letters of a word to form a new word or phrase is called an acronym.
What is that game that from one word you have to make lots of words?
The game is called anagram. You take a word or group of letters and scramble them to create a new word or phrase.
New word or phrase?
saying
What is the word for inventing a new word?
Inventing a word is called "coining", in likeness to the way a government coins money by stamping out metal disks.The expression "to coin a phrase" means to invent a new phrase, but it is most often used humorously to excuse the use of some very common, overused phrase.A new word, especially one that is starting to get used but is not yet universally accepted, is called a neologism.
What is it called when you make a phrase where the first letter of each word in the phrase forms the word the phrase is describing?
You described an acrostic poem.
What is the word for making words out of other words?
It is called an anagram. It means to rearrange the letters to form a new word or phrase.
What is a word group that has no subject or predicate?
This is called a phrase.
What is it called when the letters of a word are switched around to form a new word ex. 'Tom Marvalo Riddle' to 'I am Lord Voldemort'?
It is called an anagram."I am Lord Voldemort" is an anagram of "Tom Marvolo Riddle".An anagram is a word or phrase made by re-grouping the letters of a different word or phrase. Ex. satin can be made into stain by rearranging the letters.
What are the examples of acronym?
An acronym is an abbreviation that uses the beginning parts of each word in a phrase, and which creates a new wordin the process.For example: NASA is an acronym created from the phrase "National Aeronautics and Space Administration." It is pronounced as a new word (like nassa).Acronyms are often confused with another type of abbreviation called an initialism. This is when a phrase is abbreviated with the first letters of a phrase, but it does not create a new word. Instead the initials are spelled out.For example: PBS is an initialism created from the phrase "Public Broadcasting System." Each letter is pronounuuyuced in an initialism.
What is it called when a word or phrase reads the same backwards as it does forwards?
It is called a palindrome.
