wordoid

== English == === Etymology === From word + -oid. === Noun === wordoid (plural wordoids) A fabricated word coined to identify a new concept. 2003, Daniel J. Stern, in rec.autos.tech [1] "Gage", like "flammable", is a fabricated wordoid created on the assumption, not entirely without merit, that people are too stupid to read, understand and pronounce the properly-spelled word ("inflammable", in the latter case). 2003, Eirik Johnson, in A New Twist on Noise [2] Meantime, virii is a perfectly good wordoid, that's right, wordoid. It isn't a word, it just resembles one closely enough that nobody cares! 2005, Pyramus, in Little or Nothing [3] I can't get away from the word, or wordoid, "miniscule". 2006, David Sims, in First Coffee for St. Valentine's Day, 2006 [4] Well, I guess there's a new wordoid we all have to endure: infotainment. 2006, James A. Stewart, in Laurel And Hardy movie review [5] As Leonard Maltin notes in commentary, a more modern character appropriated that little wordoid. ==== See also ====