English
textshop
From text + shop, modelled on workshop but de-emphasizing the idea of work, inspired by Roland Barthes' essay From Work to Text.
The story
Coined by Gregory Ulmer.
Today it means
noun A kind of writing laboratory where students can experiment with, and attempt to reproduce, the styles and techniques being studied.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “textshop”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / textshop