"Robot," "Freelance," And "Scientist" Were All Invented By Writers, And 15 Other Words Authors Literally Wrote Into Existence

Books · Posted 1 minute ago "Robot," "Freelance," And "Scientist" Were All Invented By Writers, And 15 Other Words Authors Literally Wrote Into Existence Wel only call it a "Catch-22" because publishers decided against the title "Catch-18" at the last minute. by Amy Glover BuzzFeed Staff Link Facebook Pinterest Twitter Mail We've written before about the words which were invented by TV and movies (did you know "core memories" probably came from the first Inside Out film?). So, we thought we'd share the words and phrases authors created, too — it's amazing how many of these slipped into everyday use.

Enjoy! 1. According to Merriam-Webster , Richard Dawkins invented the word "meme" in his 1976 book The Selfish Gene . Don Arnold / Getty Images He called it "a unit of cultural transmission," explaining, "Just as genes propagate themselves in the gene pool by leaping from body to body via sperms or eggs, so memes propagate themselves in the meme pool by leaping from brain to brain via a process which, in the broad sense, can be called imitation.

" 2. "Chortle" comes from Lewis Carroll 's Jabberwocky poem, which was a part of his 1871 Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There novel. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures The Jabberwocky poem was full of "nonsense" words, like " Callooh! Callay", which never caught on.

But "chortle," from the line "O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! / He chortled in his joy" stuck. 3. "Catch-22" comes from the title of Joseph Heller’s 196.