Etymopoeisis

topic posted Tue, August 23, 2005 - 9:22 AM by  simran
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The act of making up words.

And, yes, it's a product of the aforementioned process.



OK, okay, all right already, I know, it literally means the act of making up the history of words. But words change over time, n'est-ce pas? (Did I use 'literally' corectly?)
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simran
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