[HPforGrownups] Re: JKR's new words (was Chap 30 summary)

[Rebecca Boswell]

No: HPFGUIDX 12124

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> "Writers create new words all the time, and I'm tempted to say that
> the better the writer, the more such coinages you will find, since
> good writers have greater creativity.  Just think of Shakespeare and
> Joyce.  And until Rowling came along, Dementor, Quidditch, time-
> turners, floo powder, pensieve, etc. were not "real" words, either.

    Actually, if you think about it, all words are made up.  I mean, who
came up with the word "word" for that matter?

--Becca