0 past simple and past participle of coin
1 to invent a new word or expression, or to use one in a particular way for the first time:
2 to be earning a lot of money quickly
All of these characteristics lead to constant renewal as forms are continually replaced with newly coined expressions that can effectively intensify existing expressions.
Some 6.7 million pesos were coined in 1710, rising to more than 9 million pesos in 1728.
He also coined the word ' de-affectualization ' to refer to ' emotional numbing ', a frequent complaint amongst patients suffering with the condition.
A friend of mine once coined the term "ether-walkers" for this class of person.
Alongside the possibility for public disputation and polemic that the printed sphere offered, such possibilities for individual self-conditioning coined the other face of print.
Since the 1970s when the terms were first coined, they have been plagued by a great deal of imprecision in their usage.
Yet, it is surely better to encapsulate a particular idea in a newly coined or adapted word than continually to restate that idea.
It was originally coined as a negative term, refer ring to the aspects of meaning which cannot be analyzed within the basic area of 'denotation'.
