[Ads-l] Made up words

[MULLINS, WILLIAM D (Bill) CIV USARMY RDECOM AMRDEC (US)]

A forum I read noted this article:

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/quidditch-potterhead-could-make-their-way-into-oxford-english-dictionary-1616972

and commented on OED editor Charlotte Buxton's statement " It's fairly unusual for a made-up word to get in."

Strictly speaking, I suppose this is true.  But it does happen:

Kryptonite
Jabberwocky
Unobtanium
Jeep
Vulcan (in the sense referring to Spock)
Lilliput, Lilliputian
Brobdingnag, Brobdingnagian
Oz
Xanadu
Shangri La
Carbonite (Star Wars sense)
Impervium (from Buck Rogers)
Widget


Can you suggest others?

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