nonce word
noun
A word coined for one single occasion only: English bristles with nonce words...
- One researcher thinks that didgeridoo may be an Irish coinage, a nonce word like boogaloo or dingaling.
- Here's a list of nonce words in my colourful vocabulary that have not yet found their way into any dictionary.
- Another sort of punning found in newspapers is the allusive re-using of nonce words from slogans.
Origin
Late 19th century: from nonce1 + word.