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The Top 10 Words Invented by Writers

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The Top 10 Words Invented by Writers - by Paul Dickson/ Written Language/Top Tens/ Books/ TheGuardian.com

" ‘Authorisms’ – neologisms coined by authors which have entered the wider language – have been enriching English for centuries. From Shakespeare to Joseph Heller, Paul Dickson selects his favourites..."

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A phrase that caught on … The title of Joseph Heller’s Catch-22 has proved handy on many occasions. Photograph: Alamy


Richard
 
How cool. We keep inventing everything else. Why not words?
 
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