the illexical coinery

/ˌɪlˈlɛksɪkəl ˈkɔɪnəri/ n.

A playful place for minting words and phrases that don't exist (yet).

How it works: Enter a topic, a passage, or your own writing below, then click “Coin words.” And...Voila: the coinery invents new words and phrases based on what you gave it. Bookmark the ones you'd like to keep for yourself, heart the ones that deserve a place in the shared lexicon, and click “Explore” on any word to discover related concepts.

“The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.”

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

“We rely constantly on concepts that have no name.”

— Douglas Hofstadter & Emmanuel Sander

The Lexicon

Words enter the lexicon when someone s them.

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