stimovation
n.—Gloss: Innovation plus economic stimulus, two ways that together could improve the economy. «While creating jobs by upgrading the nation’s physical infrastructure may help in the short term, Mr. Atkinson says, “there’s another category of stimulus you could call innovation or digital stimulus—‘stimovation,’ as a colleague has referred to it.”» —“Innovation Should Mean More Jobs, Not Less” by Janet Rae-Dupree New York Times Jan. 4, 2009. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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