pronunciation: VER – bih – side
language: English
definition: the conscious misuse or distortion of the meaning of a word (such as making a pun)
sentence: The verbicide of the words, “I killed it,” means I could have done a very good or very bad thing.
pronunciation: BLOW – vee – ate
language: English
definition: to speak in a long winded, pompous way
sentence: The politician bloviated for an hour unaware that the crowd was playing games on their phones instead of listening.
pronunciation: nee – OL – oh – jize
language: English
definition: to create a new word or to make up a new definition for an existing word
sentence: Every generation neologizes words, so that now I’m not sure if something called “sick” is good or bad.
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