The Origin,Semantics and Derivation of Internet Catchwords"X-jing(X精)"
"Xijing(戏精)","Gangjing(杠精)"and"Ningmengjing(柠檬精)",which have successively been listed as the top ten catchwords of recent years,are all members of"X-jing(X 精)".They are all composed of"X"which containing some kind of characteristic information of the participants and"jing(精)"which representing a certain kind of person(with a certain characteristic).The"X-jing(X 精)"become popular in internetwork in recent years but it is not a new creation,it comes from the inheritance of the existing vocabulary structure characteristics,and then through replication and analogy.Nowadays,due to the semantic deviation and generalization of"jing(精)"in"X-jing(X 精)",the information which can enter"X"is constantly expanding,and nonce words is increasing.In grammar,"X-jing(X 精)"also developed some predicative usages.However,whether these new words,new grammatical phenomena can be accepted by the public,and can be solidify in language,will be tested by time.