The E-Sylum:  Volume 6, Number 3, January 19, 2003, Article 11

COINING A PHRASE

  In response to last week's question about the origin of
  "Coin A Phrase",  David Klinger and Jess Gaylor both
  offered this history of the phrase from
  http://www.wordorigins.org

  "Sometimes interesting words a phrases are right under
  our noses. After using it countless times on this site, a
  reader asked me where the term to coin a phrase came from?

  The verb to coin originally meant to literally mint a coin. It
  dates to the 14th century. In the late-16th century, the sense
  generalized to become to create or invent something. In
   1940 the specific usage of coin a phrase came into use."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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