A few days ago
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Where does the saying “To Coin A Phrase” come from?

Where does the saying “To Coin A Phrase” come from?

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A few days ago
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Its origin come from the old printing methods when blocks of type were set into galleys. A line of type was a phrase, and it was locked into position in the galley by tightening two slotted discs at either side, called ‘coins.’ When they were tightened up, the printer or his apprentice had ‘coined a phrase.’

It is an expression commonly used ironically to introduce a cliché or a banal sentiment

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4 years ago
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6 years ago
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A few days ago
Den
It comes from the Greek koine which was the name of the everyday Greek in use by the average person.

To coin a phrase is to make one up.It fills a need in whatever is trying to be said.

The phrase is always about an event that occurs over and over.It is to make a proverb.

Koine Greek was not the correct,bookwormish type.It had slang just like everyday English.

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A few days ago
Megan B
I don’t know where it comes from, but I would like to coin the phrase “That’s maja”
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5 years ago
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