The Relationship between Neologisms and Popular Culture
. On the one hand, popular culture promotes the emergence of new words. For example, the word "soap opera" originated from early European and American TV, because at night, TV stations will play some funny short films, which have no depth and just want to laugh. These clips are often mixed with soap advertisements. Over time, people call these short films soap operas. Then shoot short films continuously to form a series. Now people say that the meaning of soap operas is roughly the same as before, but the main meaning is derogatory, which means boredom and procrastination. The origin of soap operas is actually related to Procter & Gamble. More than a hundred years ago, listening to radio programs was a fashionable thing at that time. Procter & gamble's soap advertisements are often broadcast on radio programs, so Americans regard the programs at that time as soap operas. This is the popularity of TV drama culture, which promotes the emergence of new words. Another example is the street culture popular in the United States in the 1970s and 1980s. "hip-hop" originated from the phenomenon of street culture, which produced a series of street cultural activities and lifestyles, and produced a special dance term "hip-hop". Hip-hop also spread from the United States to all parts of the world, becoming a common practice! On the other hand, neologisms have also done propaganda work for popular culture in a sense, expanded the spread of popular culture, and made culture and language inclusive and go hand in hand. Therefore, neologisms and popular culture are twin brothers. They promote, develop and complement each other. Another feature of them is their short existence and rapid influence, just like a tornado sweeping the world, as bright as fireworks, summer flowers and autumn leaves, but fortunately, they have proved each other's existence value and vitality in the world!