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This page documents an English Wikipedia guideline.

Editors should generally follow it, though exceptions may apply. Substantive edits to this page should reflect consensus. When in doubt, discuss first on the talk page.

[[Category:Wikipedia {{{1}}}s|Avoid neologisms]]

Neologisms are words and terms that have recently been "coined" and generally do not appear in any dictionary.

Wikipedia does not accept fan-made neologisms unless they have realistic evidence of existence via search engine hits (e.g. Google). Sometimes, experienced grammarians who know the meanings of prefixes, infixes, suffixes, and other -fix words might make articles about those words. In some cases, unofficial English language words can have 1000+ hits on Google.

In many cases, neologisms get deleted. In this case, it could be speedy deletion, articles for deletion, etc.

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+Neologisms are words and terms that have recently been "coined" and generally do not appear in any dictionary.
 Wikipedia does not accept fan-made [[neologism]]s unless they have realistic evidence of existence via search engine hits (e.g. [[Google]]).
 Sometimes, experienced [[grammarian]]s who know the meanings of [[prefix]]es, [[infix]]es, [[suffix]]es, and other -fix words might make articles about those words.  In some cases, unofficial [[English language]] words can have 1000+ hits on Google.

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