conlanger
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of conlanger
First recorded in 2000–05; conlang ( def. ) + -er 1 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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He referred to conlanging as his “secret vice,” and conlanger David Adger agrees that there is something “curiously satisfying, and almost addictive” about it.
From Slate • Oct. 30, 2019
Jessie Sams, an associate linguistics professor at Stephen F. Austin State University and a conlanger, started lobbying to teach a course in the subject in 2011 — just as “Game of Thrones” began.
From Washington Post • May 16, 2019
Had I never met another conlanger, I imagine I would’ve kept right on with that language and never created another.
From Salon • Oct. 17, 2015
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