Coinage

• a series of coins struck as part of currency
• a magazine about numismatics, capitalized: COINage (magazine)
• The right to and process of minting, i.e. making coins
• The creation of a neologism, or new word; see word coinage
• The duty or tax on refined tin, abolished in 1838; see tin coinage
• Quarters, a drinking game, or a South African drinking game of similar name.
• The currency used in the Playstation 2 game I-Ninja

coinage is the way of merging two words together in order to create a new one with a meaning that represents the meanings of both the words made to use the finalised word for example 'Chillaxing'. This is coined from 'Chilling' as in 'Chilling out' and 'Relaxing' as in 'To relax'.

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