I checked and logoparalysis isn’t a real word (I guess none of these are?), but it should be. We need a word for the inability to find words.
Don’t know about the others but conflagration most definitely is an actual word
Lol, “not a real word”? They are right there in front of you in print with a definition and being used. That’s literally all it takes to be a real word.
You, your grade school vocabulary, and your abridged dictionary aren’t gatekeepers of the lexicon. Dictionaries describe the words people use. Dictionaries absolutely do not prescribe what are real words and which are made up, unless you’re French (but even that is a lie). ALL WORDS ARE MADE UP.
Not a real word? Fucking hilarious.
They are right there in front of you in print with a definition and being used. That’s literally all it takes to be a real word.
Not eeeexactly, or perhaps, not only that, always. I’d say it takes several people using it. But this would be used by several people, and just us discussing and using the word in the given context already would have rendered enough use for it to be “a real word”.
Easily coined latin words aside, how is “conflagration” a hard word? I’m pretty sure it’s quite commonly used as well. Moreso in literature than in everyday speech, but still I hold it’s a rather common word.
Around 1800-1850 “conflagration” was more used of a word than “hospitality” was around the 1970’s.
“Logoparalysis” yields no results. So, regardless of how you define “real” words, the Ngram viewer definitely gives good info on their potential past usage
New words are still real words, even if you can’t find it in an internet search. Don’t lie to me and tell me you didn’t immediately understand that word without needing the definition (because it’s just such a damn near universal feeling, not every concept has a word YET in English, wild I know). That immediate reaction to a group of letters seems more real to me than your research skills. Words are more than artefacts to dig up and analyze. A fucking wild amount of our English language is informed by some playwright(s?) just making up words and phrases. Words are magic and this is a hill I will die on.
