Inventing a new word*: Astrosophy, aka 'star wisdom': astronomers can now take the word astrology back into their own: economy and ecology, for instance, mean different things but generally ... nomy means law, which doesn't make a lot of sense to me, logy of course science;
*Neologisms start through the currency of the new word gaining traction, doesn't matter if it's self conscious or not. That's why a quackadoodle is the same thing as a morning duck doodle. Duh
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