[New post] Chortle at some nonce words and neologisms

Brian D. Butler posted: " Who knew that Dr.Seuss coined the term "nerd" way back in 1950 in his now canceled book If I Ran the Zoo. Well, it seems that Dr. Erica Brozovsky was aware of the origin of the now ubiquitous nonce word. In the very informative and entertaining short " Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on Travel Between The Pages Chortle at some nonce words and neologisms by Brian D. Butler Who knew that Dr.Seuss coined the term "nerd" way back in 1950 in his now canceled book If I Ran the Zoo. Well, it seems that Dr. Erica Brozovsky was aware of the origin of the now ubiquitous nonce word. In the very informative and entertaining short video below she examines how many common words joined the English language. I never knew that Richard Dawkins created the term meme. NB: If the video does not appear, please click on the short link url at the bottom of your email. Brian D. Butler | August 31, 2021 at 12:01 am | Tags: Dr. Seuss, Lewis Carroll, neologisms, nonce words, William Shakespeare | Categories: Books, History, Writing | URL: https://wp.me/pVzYe-8go Comment    See all comments    Like Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Travel Between The Pages. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://travelbetweenthepages.com/2021/08/31/chortle-at-some-nonce-words-and-neologisms/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com