phrasemaker
noun
a person who is skilled in coining well-turned phrases; phraseologist.
phrasemaking
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a word derived from
phrasemaker.
Example Sentences
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He became a phenomenal critical and commercial success in Hollywood, not least for his talent for indelible cinematic phrasemaking.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 16, 2018
Now that’s the kind of sharp phrasemaking that will be more important than ever as we wait to be slaughtered by sound-hunting creatures from beyond time and space.
From Slate ● Feb. 13, 2018
The phrasemaking, the ridiculous overthinking, the absence of cliche, the hypnotic intensity – this is gripping stuff.
From The Guardian ● May 20, 2013
Speaking of phrasemaking, here is an excerpt from “Easy Money”: “Everybody wants the most they can possibly get/ For the least they could possibly do.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2010
Competent learning, general cultivation, absolute probity, accuracy of general view, human sympathy, and technical capacity,--how many things are necessary to the critic, without reckoning grace, delicacy, savoir vivre, and the gift of happy phrasemaking!
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 by Hamilton Wright Mabie
