pseudoneologism

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|linguistics}} A [[word]] or [[expression]] that [[appear]]s to be a [[neologism]], but is actually either not [[genuinely]] [[new]] or is a [[pseudoform]] [[derive]]d from [[exist]]ing [[linguistic]] [[element]]s.

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