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New word energy in ol’ Mog’s anagrams (9)

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I believe the answer is:

neologism

'new word' is the definition.
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'energy in ol' mog's anagrams' is the wordplay.
'energy' becomes 'e' (physics symbol as in E=mc2).
'anagrams' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'anagram of' mean this).
'e'+'in'+'ol'+'mogs'='einolmogs'
'einolmogs' anagrammed gives 'NEOLOGISM'.

(Other definitions for neologism that I've seen before include "Newly-coined word or expression" , "Brexit maybe" , "coinage" , "new term" , "Newly coined word" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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