wordoid

wordoid

English

Etymology

word +‎ -oid

Noun

wordoid (plural wordoids)

1. A fabricated word coined to identify a new concept.
   • 2006, David Sims, in First Coffee for St. Valentine's Day, 2006

     Well, I guess there's a new wordoid we all have to endure: infotainment.

   • 2006, James A. Stewart, in Laurel And Hardy movie review

     As Leonard Maltin notes in commentary, a more modern character appropriated that little wordoid.

   • 2005, Pyramus, in Little or Nothing

     I can't get away from the word, or wordoid, "miniscule".

   • 2003, Daniel J. Stern, in rec.autos.tech

     "Gage", like "flammable", is a fabricated wordoid created on the assumption, not entirely without merit, that people are too stupid to read, understand and pronounce the properly-spelled word ("inflammable", in the latter case).

   • 2003, Eirik Johnson, in A New Twist on Noise

     Meantime, virii is a perfectly good wordoid, that's right, wordoid. It isn't a word, it just resembles one closely enough that nobody cares!

See also

• neologism
• portmanteau