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The wealth of language it allows us to speak in new and diverse ways, creating what is known as 'neologisms' or 'new word'. Neologism is built within a language from elements that may vary in origin but which always have to do with the adaptation of traditional words or terms to the time in which arise. A neologism is a new way of expressing a concept that was already expressed through certain words before. The act of accepting (officially or not) those neologisms that are elaborated in each historical moment, is what adds richness, variety and complexity to a language.

In general, the emergence of a neologism occurs from colloquial expressions that are outside the language and that are spontaneous inventions of language and language. communication oral. To carry out the process of creating a neologism, various actions can take place in an involuntary and unplanned way. Among them we can mention the union of terms that previously existed separately, the combination, the derivation and the acronym (that is, the

building of terms from initials of several different words).

Today, the creation of neologisms is much more common and evident than in other times. In large part, this situation may be due to the permanent interaction between cultures and languages ​​of various kinds, to the important place that the media have in everyday life, in the simplification of language and in the slow but progressive substitution from communication through written media to oral media.
The neologism, however, not whenever it is created is destined to remain in the language, many of them going through periods of instability, stability, acceptance and later forgetfulness.

Some terms and everyday usage that were once neologisms may be 'astronaut',' extra-large ','computing',' google ',' FTAA ',' X-ray ',' Italian-Argentine ',' hypertext ',' emoticon ',' anti-drugs' and many others.

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