[ExI] need a new word/suffix

[Anders Sandberg]

On 2016-01-11 01:35, William Flynn Wallace wrote:
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> Problem is:  how do we make any neologism popular?

http://www.aleph.se/Trans/Cultural/Memetics/memecycle.html

Basically, it needs to be memorable, have some bait (like being cool, 
fun, apposite), and easy to use. Specialized neologisms spread through 
writing more than everyday ones.

Most neologisms fail.


-- 
Anders Sandberg
Future of Humanity Institute
Oxford Martin School
Oxford University

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