Comment by mechanical_fish

Of course, once you invent a word... it's a word. In this, words are unlike Ms. Mountweazel, who does not spring into existence in the timestream just because an article is published about her.

Or... does she?

This calls for an obligatory Jorge Luis Borges reference:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tlön,_Uqbar,_Orbis_Tertius

Though I can never cite that story without confessing that I prefer the four-paragraph condensed version by John M. Ford [warning: literary prerequisites suggested; tolerance for awful puns absolutely required]:

http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/004636.html