[Lexicog] words used by a single individual

[Ronald Moe]

The term I have heard is idiolect.

Ron Moe

 

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Is there a standard term for words used by a single individual? I am not
talking about nonce formations, which are ephemeral, but of words used
consistently by a single person (or perhaps small minority). Many types of
dictionaries exclude such things, but it seems to me to be useful to include
them in dictionaries of dying languages.



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