Neology is the use of intrinsic old words to express new meanings. In fact,as a way of putting new wine into old bottles,it depends on changing the meaning of existing words without creating new words. Some old words in network context can gain the new meaning through metaphor,homophonic,reinterpretation and conversion. This is partly due to the economic principle,partly to the popular copycatting culture and the netizen’s psychology for changes. For these new meanings,we should be tolerant to its development and penetration to national language,because it is a beneficial supplement to modern Chinese vocabulary system.% “旧词新义”是指利用固有词形来表示新义的一种语言现象，它是遵循旧瓶装新酒的方式，不创造新词形，而是依附于既有词语，采用变化其词义的办法来实现的。一些旧词在网络语境中主要通过比喻、谐音、别解、转类等修辞用法获得了新义。这一方面是由于语言的经济原则在起作用，另一方面也与目前流行的山寨文化和网民们求新求变的语用心理密切相关。对于这些新义，我们要以宽容的态度来看待它们向全民语言的渗透和发展，因为这是对现代汉语语义系统的一种有益补充。
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