phrasemaking

English

Etymology

phrase +β€Ž making

Noun

phrasemaking (usually uncountable, plural phrasemakings)

  1. The crafting of phrases; the art of rhetoric.
    • 2007 September 30, Frank Rich, β€œIs Hillary Clinton the New Old Al Gore?”, in New York Timesβ€Ž:
      As the campaign's poll-tested phrasemaking constantly reminds us, voters crave change above all else.
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