If you coin a phrase, that means you come up with a new way to say something, like the person who coined "webizens" to describe people who constantly use the Internet. The verb coin literally refers to making coins, the change you probably have in your pocket.
Does coined mean created?
For those unfamiliar, “to coin a phrase” traditionally means “to create a new phrase.” These days, “coin a phrase” has also taken on a new meaning, first documented around the mid-twentieth century: “to introduce a cliché sentiment.”
How do you use coined?
Coined in a Sentence ?
- Before someone coined the word “bae” to mean one's girlfriend/boyfriend, it was only a Danish word for poop.
- The artist coined the phrase “pop art” and used it as a catch-all term for culturally based pieces.
- Thirty years before the term “chillax” was coined, people simply called it resting. ?
