[stylist] using borrowed words?

[LoriStay at aol.com]

Words like this make their way into the language, though it might be too 
soon to admit this one.   Any other opinions?
Lori
In a message dated 4/30/09 12:04:35 AM, dreamavdb at googlemail.com writes:


> I'm wondering what the rules are on using words that another writer
> has made up.
> 
> The word I have in mind is squib. For those who haven't read harry
> Potter a squib is someone who comes from a magical family but is not
> magical themselves. I have a few 'squibs' in a deafblind girl.
> 
> Would I be able to use this word in my novel or would I have to make
> up another?
> 
> Helene
> 




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