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humanodon  ·  4175 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Neologism: How words do things with words

    According to modern psychiatry, the use of words that have meaning only to the person using them is common in children. In adults, it can signal psychopathy, even schizophrenia, or it can be acquired through aphasia after a head injury. The personal disposition to create a new vocabulary is for the most part related to youth, severe mental affliction, or temporary impairment.

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