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  2. Neologism - Wikipedia

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    Example include: acdc, barney, blag, butch, camp, khazi, cottaging, hoofer, mince, ogle, scarper, slap, strides, tod, [rough] trade (rough trade). Verlan ( French pronunciation: [vɛʁlɑ̃] ), ( verlan is the reverse of the expression "l'envers") is a type of argot in the French language , featuring inversion of syllables in a word, and is ...

  3. Metaphysical poets - Wikipedia

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    The poet Abraham Cowley, in whose biography Samuel Johnson first named and described Metaphysical poetry. The term Metaphysical poets was coined by the critic Samuel Johnson to describe a loose group of 17th-century English poets whose work was characterised by the inventive use of conceits, and by a greater emphasis on the spoken rather than lyrical quality of their verse.

  4. Coinage in Anglo-Saxon England - Wikipedia

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    Coinage in Anglo-Saxon England refers to the use of coins, either for monetary value or for other purposes, in Anglo-Saxon England.. Archaeologists have uncovered large quantities of coins dating to the Anglo-Saxon period, either from hoards or stray finds, making them one of the most plentiful kinds of artefact that survive from this period.

  5. Category:Word coinage - Wikipedia

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    العربية; Башҡортса; Беларуская; Беларуская (тарашкевіца) Чӑвашла; Čeština; Эрзянь; Español; Esperanto

  6. Layamon's Brut - Wikipedia

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    Layamon's Brut remains one of the best extant examples of early Middle English. [3] During an era in English history when most prose and poetry were composed in French, Layamon wrote for his illiterate, impoverished religious audience in Worcestershire. [4] In 1216, around the time Layamon wrote, King Henry III of England came to the throne.

  7. Nonce word - Wikipedia

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    pseudoword: a nonsense word that still follows the phonotactics of a particular language and is therefore pronounceable, feeling to native speakers like a possible word (for example, in English, blurk is a pseudoword, but bldzkg is a nonword); thus, pseudowords follow a language's phonetic rules but have no meaning [10]

  8. Coins of the pound sterling - Wikipedia

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    Examples of the standard reverse designs minted until 2008. Designed by Christopher Ironside (£2 coin is not shown).. The standard circulating coinage of the United Kingdom, British Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories is denominated in pennies and pounds sterling (symbol "£", commercial GBP), and ranges in value from one penny sterling to two pounds.

  9. Micropoetry - Wikipedia

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    The more recent popularity of "micropoetry" to describe poems of 140 characters in length or shorter appears to stem from a separate coinage, as a portmanteau of "microblogging" and "poetry" in a notice on Identica on January 23, 2009, announcing the formation of a group for fans of poetry on that microblogging service. [2]