Top 10 Words Invented by Writers

Authorisms...

 

Good old Catch-22

 

 

Writer Paul Dickson discusses his long-time interest in words, particularly the coinage of new ones, as background about his new book, Authorisms, on theguardian.com.

 

He sorts through 10 or his favorite authorisms, including those by Joseph Heller (Catch-22), Herb Caen (beatnik), Mark Twain (hard-boiled) and William Gibson (cyberspace).

 

For more:  http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/nov/19/top-10-words-invented-writers-authorisms

 

For some interesting reviews of Dickson's book:  http://www.bloomsbury.com/us/authorisms-9781620405420/