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▸ noun: (linguistics) A new word or phrase coined for an old object or concept whose original name has become used for something else or is no longer unique, or which did not originally have a specific name.
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▸ noun: (linguistics) A new word or phrase coined for an old object or concept whose original name has become used for something else or is no longer unique, or which did not originally have a specific name.
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retronymy,
neonymy,
transflection,
reborrowing,
retread,
conversion,
re-etymologization,
reidentification,
reduplicant,
mutated contraction,
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