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"Word": Is there a person who invented any "word" of any natural or ordinary language?

LuisDantas

Aura of atheification
Premium Member
No, I don’t think so. I was just joking (I’m in a crazy mood, right now; no alcohol, either)!

I think Al Gore once claimed to have invented the Internet, or something.
He is infamous for having worded an answer in a misleading way that, indeed, included the phrase "I created the Internet".

It is a key part of the terrible, undeserved reputation that he carries to this day.
 

stvdv

Veteran Member: I Share (not Debate) my POV
This is 2019. Can there still be people who think words are not human inventions? That would be quite interesting.
Muhammad could not read nor write
Still He wrote many verses
Divine inspired

Not human
 

Dan From Smithville

What's up Doc?
Staff member
Premium Member
Is there a person who invented/created any "word/s" of any natural language or ordinary language, please?
Kindly identify:
  • such person's name
  • and his claim
  • the word/s he claims to have invented/created
  • and the natural language or ordinary language, please

Regards
____________
*[55:5]عَلَّمَہُ الۡبَیَانَ ﴿۵﴾
He has taught him plain speech.
The Holy Quran - Chapter: 55: Ar-Rahman
**"In neuropsychology, linguistics, and the philosophy of language, a natural language or ordinary language is any language that has evolved naturally in humans through use and repetition without conscious planning or premeditation."
Natural language - Wikipedia
Robert Heinlein invented the words "grok" (Stranger in a Strange Land) and "waldo" (Waldo).

grok-understanding a thing so fully as to become one with it.

waldo-mechanical, robotic, remote manipulators.

He also popularized several words and phrases including:
TANSTAAFL, short for There Ain't No Such Thing as a Free Lunch, an existing term that refers to the fact that things supposedly given free always have some real cost, popularized in The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress.

Moonbat used in United States politics as a pejorative political epithet referring to progressives or leftists, was originally the name of a space ship in his story Space Jockey.

Speculative fiction, a term Heinlein used for the separation of serious, consistent Science Fiction writing, from the pop "sci fi" of the day, which generally took great artistic license with human knowledge, amounting to being more like space fantasy than science fiction.

He did not claim to have invented the words at the time, he just invented them for use in his stories.

Unless there is evidence to the contrary, and I do not know of any, all words are the invention of people.
 

dybmh

דניאל יוסף בן מאיר הירש
Kleenex.

"Kleenex® Tissue was originally designed in 1924 as a cold cream remover; hence, the "Kleen" portion of the word was coined to convey the cleansing purpose."

( source )
 

Sapiens

Polymathematician
Robot: from Czech, from robota ‘forced labor’. The term was coined in K. Čapek's play R.U.R. ‘Rossum's Universal Robots’ (1920).
 

Aupmanyav

Be your own guru
Is there a person who invented/created any "word/s" of any natural language or ordinary language, please?
Words were created later. What was created first was sound. And Shiva did it with his rattle. Then he created music and dance. After that, he created vowels and consonants in 14 verses (Maheswara Sutra).

Damru, Shiva's dance, Two Hominini, Maheshwara Sutra
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Shiva Sutras - Wikipedia

I do not think the following will be of interest to followers of Abrahamic religions, but I put it in for its informative value. Prior to Homos, Hominini (Chimps and our distant forebears) used sounds and grunts.

"It was mostly undisputed that pre-human australopithecines did not have communication systems significantly different from those found in great apes in general. However, a 2017 study on Ardipithecus ramidus challenges this belief. Scholarly opinions vary as to the developments since the appearance of the genus Homo some 2.5 million years ago. Some scholars assume the development of primitive language-like systems (proto-language) as early as Homo habilis (2.3 million years ago) while others place the development of primitive symbolic communication only with Homo erectus (1.8 million years ago) or Homo heidelbergensis (0.6 million years ago), and the development of language proper with Anatomically Modern Homo sapiens with the Upper Paleolithic revolution less than 100,000 years ago."
Language - Wikipedia
 
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ChristineM

"Be strong", I whispered to my coffee.
Premium Member
Kleenex.

"Kleenex® Tissue was originally designed in 1924 as a cold cream remover; hence, the "Kleen" portion of the word was coined to convey the cleansing purpose."

( source )

Listerine, was invented in the nineteenth century as powerful surgical antiseptic. It was later sold, in distilled form, as both a floor cleaner and a cure for gonorrhea.

Listerine - Wikipedia
 

Workman

UNIQUE
Is there a person who invented/created any "word/s" of any natural language or ordinary language, please?
Kindly identify:
  • such person's name
  • and his claim
  • the word/s he claims to have invented/created
  • and the natural language or ordinary language, please

Regards
____________
*[55:5]عَلَّمَہُ الۡبَیَانَ ﴿۵﴾
He has taught him plain speech.
The Holy Quran - Chapter: 55: Ar-Rahman
**"In neuropsychology, linguistics, and the philosophy of language, a natural language or ordinary language is any language that has evolved naturally in humans through use and repetition without conscious planning or premeditation."
Natural language - Wikipedia

Yes..friend,
I created my own meanings with words..using sound by means. sound be the Absolute, I did say in the beginning,
That 'silence' was my best friend..whom I can only trust fully!..it never did betray me! It is loyal!..And it always tells me the truth..I have taken the alphabetical letters..and reshaped their meanings to the sound I can hear from felt...for I am the musician, it is what I speak for(Heart)..only through its music..it controls my being...but the song that is sung here..is full of it!!!.
the universal language..is sound.
 
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paarsurrey

Veteran Member
Sapiens said:
Me
taxocentristic
English
paarsurrey said:
Sorry.
It is not a word of a "natural language" with any currency in the people. Right, please?
Wrong, please?
A word has to be current/in-vogue in speech and in writing in the people to become a part of the natural or ordinary language. The word cited by one does not qualify for this discussion.

Regards
 
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paarsurrey

Veteran Member
Robert Heinlein invented the words "grok" (Stranger in a Strange Land) and "waldo" (Waldo).

grok-understanding a thing so fully as to become one with it.

waldo-mechanical, robotic, remote manipulators.

He also popularized several words and phrases including:
TANSTAAFL, short for There Ain't No Such Thing as a Free Lunch, an existing term that refers to the fact that things supposedly given free always have some real cost, popularized in The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress.

Moonbat used in United States politics as a pejorative political epithet referring to progressives or leftists, was originally the name of a space ship in his story Space Jockey.

Speculative fiction, a term Heinlein used for the separation of serious, consistent Science Fiction writing, from the pop "sci fi" of the day, which generally took great artistic license with human knowledge, amounting to being more like space fantasy than science fiction.

He did not claim to have invented the words at the time, he just invented them for use in his stories.

Unless there is evidence to the contrary, and I do not know of any, all words are the invention of people.
"He did not claim to have invented the words at the time"

One has given a third person narration. If he did not claim then he does not qualify for our present discussion (refer OP), please.

Regards
 

paarsurrey

Veteran Member
Kleenex.

"Kleenex® Tissue was originally designed in 1924 as a cold cream remover; hence, the "Kleen" portion of the word was coined to convey the cleansing purpose."

( source )
"Kleenex is a brand name for a variety of paper-based products such as facial tissue, bathroom tissue, paper towels, tampons, and diapers. Often used informally as a genericized trademark for facial tissue in the United States, the name Kleenex is a registered trademark of Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. "Wikipedia
It is a brand name not a word, please.

Regards
 

paarsurrey

Veteran Member
Chortle, Lewis Carroll.
Pandemonium, John Milton.
Malapropism, Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Robot, Karel Čapek. (See post #28 by @Sapiens )
Serendipity, Horace Walpole.
Utopia, Thomas More.

Over 400 words coined by Billy Shakespeare
The 422 Words That Shakespeare Invented - LitCharts
"chortle (v.)
coined 1871 by Lewis Carroll in "Through the Looking Glass," perhaps from chuckle and snort. Related: Chortled; chortling. As a noun, from 1903."
chortle | Search Online Etymology Dictionary
Please quote from Lewis Carroll for his claim for having created the word.
Moreover, he just shortened two words so it does not qualify for our present discussion.

Regards
 

paarsurrey

Veteran Member
Words were created later. What was created first was sound. And Shiva did it with his rattle. Then he created music and dance. After that, he created vowels and consonants in 14 verses (Maheswara Sutra).

Damru, Shiva's dance, Two Honinini, Maheshwara Sutra
images
sriimg20081118_9984322_2-data.jpg
220px-Ham-and-handler.jpg
Cf1KYOcUsAQNj0y.jpg

Shiva Sutras - Wikipedia

I do not think the following will be of interest to followers of Abrahamic religions, but I put it in for its informative value. Prior to Homos, Hominini (Chimps and our distance forebears) used sounds and grunts.

It was mostly undisputed that pre-human australopithecines did not have communication systems significantly different from those found in great apes in general. However, a 2017 study on Ardipithecus ramidus challenges this belief. Scholarly opinions vary as to the developments since the appearance of the genus Homo some 2.5 million years ago. Some scholars assume the development of primitive language-like systems (proto-language) as early as Homo habilis (2.3 million years ago) while others place the development of primitive symbolic communication only with Homo erectus (1.8 million years ago) or Homo heidelbergensis (0.6 million years ago), and the development of language proper with Anatomically Modern Homo sapiens with the Upper Paleolithic revolution less than 100,000 years ago."
Language - Wikipedia
"Words were created later."

Thanks for one's input.
We are discussing word/s, please?
A first person claim was requested for creation of a word/s, please.

Regards
 

paarsurrey

Veteran Member
Listerine, was invented in the nineteenth century as powerful surgical antiseptic. It was later sold, in distilled form, as both a floor cleaner and a cure for gonorrhea.

Listerine - Wikipedia
"Listerine is a brand of antiseptic mouthwash product. It is promoted with the slogan "Kills germs that cause bad breath". Named after Joseph Lister, a pioneer of antiseptic surgery, Listerine was developed in 1879 by Joseph Lawrence, a chemist in St. Louis, Missouri." Wikipedia
It is also a brand name, not a word, please.

Regards
 
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