March 1, 2011

Wordy

Yesterday was the anniversary of the discovery of the "ghost" word DORD in the Webster's New International Dictionary Second Edition (1934). It got to exist for five years before it was discovered.
If I edited a dictionary, I would stick a fake word in every edition.

FAUXISM n. \fō' i-zəm\
The creation of fake words for one's own amusement.

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