New words reflect changing culture. - http://www.abc.net.au/news/opinion/items/200701/s1827723.htm ABC News Opinion article discusses whether some of the latest word creations enhance or detract from the language.
Cyber-Neologoliferation - http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/05/magazine/05cyber.html Article by James Gleick in "The New York Times" explains how new words are added to the Oxford English Dictionary.
Word Spy: Neologisms - http://www.wordspy.com/diversions/neologisms.asp A personal collection of newly-coined words and phrases.
New Words In English - http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~ling215/NewWords/ An alphabetical collection created by students at Rice University in Texas.
Sniglets - http://bertc.com/sniglets.htm An alphabetical and phonetic dictionary of made-up words.
Lexicopoeia - http://www.emory.edu/INTELNET/lexicopoeia.html Provides a definition, and examples created by Professor Mikhail Epstein.
What the Hell is Liff? - http://liff.comegetsome.at/ 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.
Neologisms - http://www-personal.umich.edu/~shameem/neolog.html 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 - http://www.fun-with-words.com/neologisms_competition.html A long-running monthly competition for readers, by Bob Levey of "The Washington Post". Includes links to past results.
Wiktionary: List of Protologisms - http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:List_of_protologisms_by_topic A collection of newly invented, but not widely accepted words or phrases, arranged by topic.
The Meaning of Liff - http://folk.uio.no/alied/TMoL.html Alphabetical list of placenames and new meanings. Transcript of the book by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd.
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