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▸ noun: (linguistics) A fictitious or erroneous word, originally meaningless (not used in practice), that has been published in a dictionary or similarly authoritative reference work or otherwise listed as genuine, generally as the result of misinterpretation, misreading, or typographical error.
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▸ noun: (linguistics) A fictitious or erroneous word, originally meaningless (not used in practice), that has been published in a dictionary or similarly authoritative reference work or otherwise listed as genuine, generally as the result of misinterpretation, misreading, or typographical error.
Similar:
false friend,
partial false friend,
hyperforeignism,
ghost voting,
pseudoverb,
folk etymology,
goof,
mondegreen,
incorrection,
ghost,
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