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Neologisms are words that have been recently created, and may sometimes find their way into general use. Some arise because of new circumstances or inventions for which no word previously existed, but others are created for purely humorous purposes.

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• Lexicopoeia - Provides a definition, and examples created by Professor Mikhail Epstein.
  
• Cyber-Neologoliferation - Article by James Gleick in "The New York Times" explains how new words are added to the Oxford English Dictionary.
  
• Wiktionary: List of Protologisms - A collection of newly invented, but not widely accepted words or phrases, arranged by topic.
  
• What the Hell is Liff? - Provides new definitions for names of real towns and cities, with a search feature and a forum. Users are invited to submit their own items for inclusion.
  
• Sniglets - An alphabetical and phonetic dictionary of made-up words.
  
• Word Spy: Neologisms - A personal collection of newly-coined words and phrases.
  
• The Meaning of Liff - Alphabetical list of placenames and new meanings. Transcript of the book by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd.
  
• New Words In English - An alphabetical collection created by students at Rice University in Texas.
  
• Neologisms - Features the results of one round of "The Washington Post's Style Invitational", where readers are asked to alter a dictionary word by one letter, and then supply a new definition.
  
• Neologism Competition - A long-running monthly competition for readers, by Bob Levey of "The Washington Post". Includes links to past results.
  
• New words reflect changing culture. - ABC News Opinion article discusses whether some of the latest word creations enhance or detract from the language.
  
  

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