coined
Example Sentences
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"As the man who coined the phrase, I think that's absolutely acceptable."
From BBC
It’s known as financial nihilism, a term coined by podcaster Demetri Kofinas several years ago, and it describes the sense that the economic system no longer rewards prudence or long-term planning.
Gen Alpha and Gen Beta were apparently coined by social analyst and demographer Mark McCrindle, who heads an Australian-based research firm that bears his name.
From Salon
The phrase “up to eleven,” coined in “This Is Spinal Tap” during an improvised sequence between Reiner and Christopher Guest, is in the Oxford English Dictionary.
From Los Angeles Times
My parents called television the “idiot box,” a term coined in the mid-1950s.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
