The patent, which was granted in February, is for a system that will examine posts and messages on the social network and look for something
called neologisms.
In Woe is I, Patricia T. O'Conner
calls these neologisms «clunky.»
Not exact matches
We took the liberty to use a
neologism here,
calling the new dimension pistogenesis (pistis, a Greek word meaning faith or belief).
Few settled to
call Sandy an immense storm, instead opting for «superstorm,» and while
calling her a composite storm would prove unwieldy, the «Frankenstorm»
neologism sounded equally outlandish.
Or we can try what Robert Jensen
calls «syntactically impossible pronominal
neologisms,» such as «Godself,» or blander still, appeal to the deconstructed deity invoked by the Episcopalian bishop Gene Robinson at the Lincoln Memorial inauguration service: «O God of our many understandings.»
This mode is often colloquially
called «surechi» and Mr. Sugiyama's mentioning of this
neologism got some good laughs.
I had originally thought that I might post this
neologism — if that's what such a collection of letters can be
called — and invite members of Slaw to add any others they might come across from any legal source.