Most languages have some self-critical locution, usually a wordplay or neologism, to indicate typical national defects. |
I wouldn't call them neologisms because a neologism is a new word that has immediate definition or sense. |
No recondite phrase or pleasing neologism, it is a wordless summons like that made by the infant in distress. |
He chose antiquated vocabulary, from religious literature and classical poetry, and avoided neologisms. |
You will appreciate that I spend much of my time reading the newspapers in order to turn up neologisms and other interesting terms. |
I was imagining a full hybridized America in the 21st century and trying to coin all these neologisms to explain what America would look like. |