Statistics for Words Invented by Specific People

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Definition	Answer	Person	Year	% Correct
One who takes candid pictures of celebrities for money	Paparazzo	Federico Fellini	1960	90%
Machine, often humanoid in shape, which can carry out complex tasks	Robot	Karel Čapek	1920	89%
An imagined land with an ideal system of government	Utopia	Sir Thomas More	1516	82%
Unsettling. "He bore an _____ resemblance to..."	U{ncanny}	Sigmund Freud	1919	72%
Being which is half machine, half organic	Cyborg	Manfred Clynes	1960	65%
Mystery story where a detective tries to figure out who committed the crime	W{hodunit}	Donald Gordon	1930	63%
The self aware portion of the mind	Ego	Sigmund Freud	1923	61%
Defacing or damaging property, especially with graffiti	Vandalism	Henri Grégoire	1798	59%
Obvious and unashamed. "The lawyer showed a ____ disregard for the truth".	Blatant	Edmund Spenser	1596	53%
One who looks down on those of lower social class	Snob	William Makepeace Thackeray	1848	51%
Person with high intelligence but low social skill	Nerd	Dr. Seuss	1950	50%
A state of madness and disorder in a crowd	P{andemonium}	John Milton	1667	46%
Halfway between chuckle and snort	Chortle	Lewis Carroll	1855	41%
A worker who sells their services to many employers, rather than working as an employee	Freelance	Sir Walter Scott	1820	40%
1950s trendster associated with berets and poetry	Beatnik	Herb Caen	1958	38%
A short description of a book or other work written for promotional purposes	Blurb	Gelett Burgess	1907	37%
A cry of joy or excitement	Y{ahoo}	Jonathan Swift	1726	36%
Piece of information that spreads like a gene	Meme	Richard Dawkins	1976	31%
Journalist who looks to expose scandals	M{uckraker}	Theodore Roosevelt	1906	23%
To understand intuitively	G{rok}	Robert A. Heinlein	1961	11%