protologism

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.4 See also

[edit] English

The term “protologism” is considered a neologism based on standardized Wiktionary criteria. Neologisms are newly acknowledged terms. They typically have not been in circulation long enough or widely enough for their social status to be determined. Neologisms can be nonces, slang terms, or even illiteracies. The citation of “protologism” may be restricted to certain other contexts that have not been fully investigated, such as industry jargon or regional use. The term may not generally be understood even within those contexts.

[edit] Etymology

Coined by Mikhail Epstein (and adopted by the Wiktionary community) from Greek protos, first + Greek logos, word, by analogy with prototype and neologism.

[edit] Pronunciation

• RP IPA: /pɹəʊˈtɒlɒˌʤɪzm/

[edit] Noun

protologism (plural protologisms)

1. (Wiktionary and WMF jargon) A newly coined word or phrase defined in the hope that it will become accepted into the language; a recently created term possibly in narrow use but not yet in general use.
   • 2005 February 15, Steve Gooch, Ceci n'est pas une cybercarnet., at mentalspigot.com [1]

     Finally, a protologism for one of my favorite activities.

   • 2005, Geoffrey D. Falk, Stripping the Gurus, Appendix IV, Million Monkeys Press

     spoofs that I incorporated in this essay: ... coined a neologism/protologism

   • 2006 February 7, Scott Fletcher, “Podfaders in Wired Magazine”, Podcheck Review [2]

     If you're...a member of the Wikipedia police, the word “podfade” is merely neologistic protologism, not suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia.

   • 2006 March 15, Ian Morrison, “Tom Weir”, soc.culture.scottish, Usenet

     I think it is very cheeky to suggest that *our* word is a protologism when the word "protologism" itself was only invented a month ago.

   • 2006 September 12, Dwight “The Troubled Teen”, “Vocab Vacuum”, Ruminations of a Misspent Youth, at dwightthetroubledteen.blogspot.com [3]

     So what's the word for.... I need a good Sniglet or protologism.

   • 2006 December 16, Kevin Doran, "Poem in elimae", Kevin Doran [4]

     it's a visual pun, portmanteau (of sorts), and protologism.

[edit] See also

• Wiktionary:Protologisms -- Definition, guidelines, and criteria for inclusion.
• Wiktionary:List of protologisms. The list may be expanded, but articles should not be created for protologisms.
• List of protologisms by topic
• Category:Protologisms where full articles erroneously exist.