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Question: The word Steemit would best be characterized as: (html comment removed: - Prompt )
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The correct answer is a neologism. A neologism is a newly created word.
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Onomatopoeia is a word or phrase that imitates the sound described, e.g. "the bird coos".
A palindrome is a phrase spelled the same forwards and backwards, e.g. "noon".
A malapropism is the use of similar sounding word with an alternative meaning, e.g. "all intensive purposes" is spoken in place of "all intents and purposes".
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_forms_of_word_play
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