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Not a neologism

Wood's book is available on line in any event. Given its use in 1868, certainly not a "neologism" by any stretch of the definition.^[1] A recurrent theme and subject in newspapers since the 19th and into the 21st centuries.^[2] 7&6=thirteen (☎) 12:06, 19 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Gigantology is 1811 in English, earlier in French, and in dictionaries. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 20:36, 22 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

^ Wood, Edward J. (1868). Giants and Dwarfs. London: R. Bentley.
^ Lepper, Brad (27 December 2020). "Archaeology: Newspapers have been debunking giant hoaxes for a long time". The Columbus Dispatch. USA TODAY NETWORK. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2023. In 1862, Mark Twain was so fed up with all the sensationalistic fake news circulating in newspapers at the time that he wrote a satirical article about the discovery of a petrified man in Nevada: 'Every limb and feature of the stony mummy was perfect … the right thumb resting against the side of the nose … and the fingers of the right hand spread apart.'

[1] Wood, Edward J. (1868). Giants and Dwarfs. London: R. Bentley.

[2] Lepper, Brad (27 December 2020). "Archaeology: Newspapers have been debunking giant hoaxes for a long time". The Columbus Dispatch. USA TODAY NETWORK. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2023. In 1862, Mark Twain was so fed up with all the sensationalistic fake news circulating in newspapers at the time that he wrote a satirical article about the discovery of a petrified man in Nevada: 'Every limb and feature of the stony mummy was perfect … the right thumb resting against the side of the nose … and the fingers of the right hand spread apart.'

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