Create a portmanteau, make a mnemonic, verbify a name
How to coin a word or phrase |
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Help people remember with acronyms Create a mnemonic Alphabet scoop: Acronyms can help people codify and remember your key ideas. |
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Create new terms by merging old ones A whole new word: Freshly minted words like portmanteaus get more attention than tired coinages. |
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Change a letter, change a word HITS HAPPEN: Create new terms or twist old phrases. |
More on how to coin a word or phrase |
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Resources on how to coin a word or phrase Websites, books & tools From anagrams to verbotomy, try these tools for coining words. |
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Quotes on how to coin a word or phrase What writers & others say “I’m a doctor — I can add ‘ectomy’ to any word I choose.” — Doctor talking to a patient in a Paul Noth cartoon for The New Yorker |