Révai, Kazinczy, and a school of so-called neologists, c. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
But after the taxpayers in Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain had paid their contribution in 2008, ensuring that the supposedly creative neologists could carry on with their business, the neologism proved to be telling in more ways than one. ❋ Roland Schatz (2011)
Couric wondered if the phrase would make it into pop culture and the dictionary, as past presidents were “proud” neologists.41 You know it: Couric gets the Nina Burleigh award as well! ❋ Jason Mattera (2010)
Add more? p.s. Check out the worthy Word Mint, where a team of dedicated neologists (if that's not a word, now it is) churn 'em out on a daily basis. ❋ Unknown (2006)
Plus, Bill was the king of neologists, a man of his own language; yes, that's a wonderland for me, but then how long can a human being endure under headphones? ❋ The Daily Growler (2006)
Bloggers are the new neologists, if not the new etymologists. ❋ Unknown (2006)
And I should as soon think of quarrelling with the janitor for not magnifying his office by hostile sallies into the street like the Governor of Kertch or Kinburn, as of quarrelling with the professors for not admiring the young neologists who pluck the beards of Euclid and Aristotle, or for attempting themselves to fill their vacant shelves as original writers. ❋ Unknown (1909)
It was the Bible that inspired all the neologists of the sixteenth century; the ❋ John [Editor] Rudd (1885)
Thus the book is expressly attested by the New Testament on the three points made the stumbling-block of neologists -- the predictions, the narratives of miracles, and the manifestations of angels. ❋ Unknown (1871)
And I should as soon think of quarrelling with the janitor for not magnifying his office by hostile sallies into the street, like the Governor of Kertch or Kinburn, as of quarrelling with the professors for not admiring the young neologists who pluck the beards of Euclid and Aristotle, or for not attempting themselves to fill their vacant shelves as original writers. ❋ Unknown (1856)
But, still, I think that the heart of the Church is sound -- that neither the ritualists nor the neologists touch the masses of the labouring and middle classes -- only some speculative minds, and imaginary spirits, seeking for excitement in religion, as they do in reading novels, and at the theatre. ❋ Egerton Ryerson (1842)
The course of theological opinion among the neologists of Germany, for a number of years past, furnishes a striking illustration of the truth of the aforesaid observations. ❋ 1772-1851 (1832)
He would carry us back to the days and to the confusion of Aristotle and Pliny, give up the improvements of twenty centuries, and co-operate with the neologists in rendering the science of one generation useless to the next by perpetual changes of its language. ❋ Unknown (1760)
Interestingly for dorky neologists, the phrase (an acronym) was popularized on Christian college campuses (?!?!) but now it's gone mainstream. ❋ Unknown (2009)
It is the emphasis of neologists, the nature of their interest in language, that is intriguing -- an interest in playfulness over etymology, an emphasis upon the wit of brevity, and an ear finely tuned for useful novelty. ❋ Unknown (1989)
Thus one of the more notable borrowing neologists of the Renaissance, Sir Thomas Elyot, author of The Governour, wrote in 1531: "Divers men, rather scornyng my benefite [` beneficence, 'i. e, adding to the English word-stock] than receyving it thankfully, doo shew them selves offended (as they say) with my straunge termes." ❋ Unknown (1984)
These examples should be sufficient for lexicographers, philologists, etymologists and neologists to recognize that a new type of pidgin English is evolving and gaining currency. ❋ Unknown (1984)
(I cannot properly call them neologists, for that name should be reserved for those who study neologisms, which are new words that have been accepted into the language, not ones still in the proposal stage.) ❋ Unknown (1981)
(many of which appeared only once in the language), coined by fervent neologists with little or no sense of the lexical exigencies of the time. ❋ Unknown (1983)
