phrasemaking

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

phrase +‎ making

Noun[edit]

phrasemaking (usually uncountable, plural phrasemakings)

  1. The crafting of phrases; the art of rhetoric.
    • 2007 September 30, Frank Rich, “Is Hillary Clinton the New Old Al Gore?”, in New York Times[1]:
      As the campaign's poll-tested phrasemaking constantly reminds us, voters crave change above all else.