ekslikke
Ekslikke is a term used in speculative linguistics and online glossaries to describe a particular pattern of semantic drift associated with loanwords. It refers to a situation where a word borrowed from one language is reinterpreted by different social groups within a multilingual community, producing a set of related but distinct senses.
Etymology and origin: The word ekslikke is a neologism coined within conlang and online glossary communities.
Mechanism and usage: In ekslikke, the borrowed item retains a core referent but acquires context-dependent extensions
Distribution and reception: The concept is primarily discussed within hobbyist linguistic communities, conlangs, and speculative fiction
See also: semantic shift, lexical borrowing, polysemy, lexical diffusion, constructed language.