The neologism "Pectacles: gladiator movies," a runner-up entry by Brad Alexander for Week 907, a contest to move a word’s first letter to the end. ( Bob Staake for The Washington Post ) Among the ...

Thinking about Foucault’s conceptual inventions is always an opportunity to test what language can do. Thinking about Foucault’s conceptual inventions is always an opportunity to test what language ...

Barbara Wallraff is a writer and editor in Cambridge. She writes The Wordshop on Substack. The challenge last time was to find a word for “those privileged neologisms that ‘stick’ and become part of ...

Neologism meaning: As the English language constantly evolves to keep pace with new ideas, experiences, and inventions, at the heart of this evolution is the concept of 'neologism', a word that ...