With regard to every neologism we ought first to inquire, "Does it fill a gap?
"America To-day, Observations and Reflections"
William Archer
New words are begotten by new conditions of life; and as American life is far more fertile of new conditions than ours, the tendency towards neologism cannot but be stronger in America than in England.
"America To-day, Observations and Reflections"
William Archer
One day, when the pair were engaged on the sheets of the pamphlet, a discussion arose upon the word "nepotism," which Thuillier wished to eliminate from one of la Peyrade's sentences, declaring that never had he met with it anywhere; it was pure neologism-which, to the literary notions of the bourgeoisie, is equivalent to the idea of 1793 and the Terror.
"The Lesser Bourgeoisie"
Honore de Balzac