Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Neologisms in Papers

I'm writing my Anthropology paper and I keep making up words that Microsoft Word doesn't recognize. They include:

  • gravitic: relating to gravity. "This causes a gravitic problem."
  • civilizational: of a civilization. "a civilizational breakdown" (recognized by Webster)
  • naturality: relating to nature. "realize the naturality of the situation" (recognized by Webster)
I don't know where "gravitic" came from, most likely Star Trek.

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