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nee-AW-luh-ji-zuhm
noun
a new word; a new meaning for a word; a new expression; the nonsense word of a psychotic person
1950Silence, Please!'I do not. I doubt if such a word exists, and if it does, it shouldn't,' retorted Purvis, with the aplomb of Sir Alan Herbert dropping a particularly revolting neologism into his killing-bottle.1993Star Trek: From the DepthsThe compulsive uttering of numbers, to which I presume your unwieldy neologism refers, is not a syndrome recognized by the Federation Psychiatric Union, Doctor.2000Look To WindwardWe are actually considerably less boreable, if I may create a neologism, than the average human.Labels: Arthur C. Clarke, Iain M. Banks, Victor Milan
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