why don't we coin new words?

If we look into certain English words' roots, we can see from time to time new words have been coined - first used by journalists, poets, novelists, playwrights. And with the advent of computers and internet, new coinage should reach worldwide readers very quickly.Just for fun here, join me to coin words.Here my first coinage: clunkuter, a poor old computer, from the word clunker, an old delapidated car plus the word computer.Dang it, how upset I am with this clunkuter! I'm always sweaty anytime starting it to work. I must get a new Dell. It's just a generic cross-bred of Chinese, Korean parts with Vietnamese outfits.
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  • My English is not good because the word of the English is changed and it is so confused to me. I want to learn English. But one word meaning to many. I learn English essay writer website. It is so helpful to me . In my language the coins is rupees. But different different sides is different meaning .Roots meaning the one person provide the root other person for example parent node.

  • I remember my father used to do that as a sort of game with us when we were little. He would name common things that way. Thank you Hong for bringing back that memory. Now, maybe I will think of an example if my brain will cooperate.
  • I had a clunkuter. It was my first laptop. I taped it together with hockey tape. Some of the EnglishClub resources were created on that clunkuter.

    Great idea to coin new words! If I think of one, I'll add it here.
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