coining
Inventing new words
Coining is the process of creating new words or phrases: The tech industry is constantly coining new terms.
The word comes from making coins—stamping metal into currency—and extends to stamping language into new forms.
To coin a phrase introduces a new expression, though the formula to coin a phrase now often precedes clichés ironically.
Aromatic culinary herb
- dieStop being alive
- strikingNoticeably impressive
- pressApply force downward
- planchetUnstamped coin disc
blank · engraving · stamping · bullion · medallion · effigy · alloy · annealing
Linguistic meaning unit
- termFixed period or word
- phraseWords forming partial meaning
- expressionConveyed thought or feeling
- portmanteauWord combining two others
buzzword · slang · jargon · blend · invention · creation · wordsmith · neology
Words forming partial meaning
- expressionConveyed thought or feeling
- turn of phraseDistinctive verbal expression
- figure of speechNonliteral expressive phrase
- idiomFixed phrase, opaque meaning
saying · formulation · wording · phrasing · imagery · trope · invention · originality
Currency for transactions
- cashReady spending funds
- specieMoney in metal form
- denominationNamed religious group
- legal tenderOfficially recognized payment medium
Gathering items over time
- numismatistCurrency and medal scholar
- specimenIndividual for examination
- gradeClassification by rank
- mintmarkCoin's facility indicator
obverse · reverse · uncirculated · proof · commemorative · rarity · auction · catalog
mint
Aromatic culinary herb
planchet · blank · engraving · stamping · bullion · medallion · effigy · alloy · annealing · assay
word
Linguistic meaning unit
- termFixed period or word
- phraseWords forming partial meaning
- expressionConveyed thought or feeling
portmanteau · buzzword · slang · jargon · blend · invention · creation · wordsmith · neology · terminology
phrase
Words forming partial meaning
- expressionConveyed thought or feeling
- turn of phraseDistinctive verbal expression
- figure of speechNonliteral expressive phrase
idiom · saying · formulation · wording · phrasing · imagery · trope · invention · originality · wit
money
Currency for transactions
- cashReady spending funds
- specieMoney in metal form
- denominationNamed religious group
legal tender · fiat · change · dollar · euro · yen · pound · rupee · peso · dinar
collecting
Gathering items over time
- numismatistCurrency and medal scholar
- specimenIndividual for examination
- gradeClassification by rank
mintmark · obverse · reverse · uncirculated · proof · commemorative · rarity · auction · catalog · slabbed
- etymologyword origins, word history, word origin, etymon, root words
- metalworkingwelding, casting, forging, smithing, smelting
- Asian healingThai massage, herbal medicine, acupressure, cupping, moxibustion
- Congress powersspending power, declare war, impeachment, lawmaking, appropriations
- Georgian crimecapital offenses, death penalty, hanging, transportation, public execution
- historical crimestreason, heresy, blasphemy, witchcraft, piracy
coiningborrowing
Temporary taking of another's
adopting · loaning · inheriting · appropriating · taking
coiningobsoleting
Making no longer current
retiring · abandoning · forgetting · archiving · discarding
- coining moneyProducing metallic currency
coin, coins, coinage, coined, coiner, coinages, mintage, coiners