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horseracism

horseracism  n.— Note: This term has recently been credited by Jack Shafer as a coinage by Brian Montopoli in 2004, but Montopoli’s coinage came much later than the 1995 use cited here. It does seem likely to be the sort of word that is...

bandonym

bandonym  n.— «More singer-songwriters have noticed that you don’t need a “bandonym” (in critic Carl Wilson’s useful coinage) to wrap yourself in myth.» —“The Writ Stuff” by Franklin...

monoprogeny

monoprogeny  n.— «Three of my closest friends are also only children and, now in our mid-30s, we have been supporting and feuding with each other in a proto-sibling way since meeting at university. We realised this a few years ago, when a...