Who coined it

Who coined it lists new words, phrases and quotes, who said them first and when.

Claim a word or phrase

1. Open Claim a word or phrase you coined.
2. Type your word (one word, 2 to 40 letters) or phrase (2 to 8 words, up to 80 characters), and what it means (10 to 300 characters).
3. Tap Is it new?. unlint looks for anything earlier: claims made here, coined words in the dictionary, famous quotes, and for a single word, whether the dictionary already has it.
4. If nothing earlier is found, tap Claim it.

Every claim is signed by unlint and kept in your own pod, so its date cannot be changed later, by you or by us. Your own quotes are claimed automatically when you post them.

Seen it earlier?

Anyone can challenge a claim with an earlier sighting. unlint's records are checked at once. A link to another site, with the date that page shows, is looked at by a person. Every challenge and how it was decided is on the claim's page.

What never decides

No AI decides who said something first or who owns it. The dates and the records decide, and where they cannot, a person does.