Paszport psa, paszport covidowy, paszport do szczęścia: o nowych znaczeniach i użyciach wyrazu paszport

The paper aims at exploring the semantic innovation paszport ‘passport’ in Polish. The analysis involves a comparison of the traditional meanings of the word (taken from dictionaries of Polish: USJP, WSJP PWN, and WSJP PAN) and new meanings in texts excerpted from the Internet. Additionally, OED is consulted for the definitions of its English counterpart (passport). The study shows that the word paszport appears in new meanings and new collocations (usually triggered by English), and its development in Polish can be seen as multidirecƟ onal. Additionally, the author discusses a word from the normaƟtive point of view and concludes that it is often overused and its new uses are not always warranted and necessary.