This article examines the intensive process of neologism formation within the Uzbek language, driven by the rapid digitalization and social media proliferation between 2020 and 2026. It analyzes the linguistic mechanisms of word formation, the influence of English borrowings, and the functional role of these new terms in the speech of academic lyceum students and social media users.

Neologisms, Uzbek linguistics, social media discourse, lexical innovation, borrowing, digitalization, linguistic adaptation, 2020–2026 period, semantic shift, academic lyceum.

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