(idiomatic) To create a particular linguistic expression which is strikingly clear, appropriate, and memorable.

A phrase drawn from or imitative of technical jargon, and often rendered meaningless and fashionable through abuse by non-technical persons in a seeming show of familiarity with the subject.

plural of phrase book

(music) the first phrase in a period

(music) the second phrase in a period

(linguistics) A phrase headed by a determiner.

To create a neologism.

(obsolete) Inflated language; bombast.

(Australia, botany) An informal name given to a plant taxon that has not yet been given a formal scientific name. It consists of the generic name, "sp." (to indicate it is a species), a geographical or morphological identifier, and a collector's name and number representing a herbarium specimen.

plural of phrase name