Neologism

Patients with psychotic disorders sometimes produce "neologisms", new words that aren't in the dictionary. This is considered a fairly classical symptom and often noted with interest by the treating psychiatrist.

In my experience, though, our staff produce as many, if not more, neologisms as the patients. A common one often seen in nursing notes is "flustrated", which I assume means some combination of flustered and frustrated. That is, a visibly manifested frustration.

Saw another this morning. We often describe a patient's mood as either stable or labile. This note reported "Mood: stabile." That's a perplexing lable.