“For he could coin, or counterfeit
New words, with little or no wit;
Words so debas'd and hard, no stone
Was hard enough to touch them on;
And when with hasty noise he spoke 'em;
The ignorant for current took 'em;”

—  Samuel Butler (poet)

Source: Hudibras, Part I (1663–1664)

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