nonce word
noun
A word coined for one single occasion only: English bristles with nonce words...
- One researcher thinks that didgeridoo may be an Irish coinage, a nonce word like boogaloo or dingaling.
- Here's a list of nonce words in my colourful vocabulary that have not yet found their way into any dictionary.
- Another sort of punning found in newspapers is the allusive re-using of nonce words from slogans.
Origin
Late 19th century: from nonce1 + word.
- personal space
- personal statement
- personal stereo
- personal touch
- personalty
- personal video recorder
- personal watercraft
- persona muta
- persona non grata
- personate
- personating agent
- personation
- personation agent
- personative
- personator
- person-centered
- person-centred
- personed
- personeity
- person Friday
- person from Porlock
- personhood
- personifiable
- personification
- personificative