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(bibliography) Literary works not attributed to (or claimed by) an author. (Originally used as a title of collections of anonymous Greek poetry.)
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An official pseudonym formerly used by film directors wishing to disown a project.
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A writer of annals; a chronicler; a historian.
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Rejecting the calligraphic style in writing.
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Alternative form of codetalker [A military communications specialist using codes based on an obscure language.]
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The writer of a colophon.
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(Internet slang, humorous) A humorous law of Internet forums, stating that "The best way to get the right answer on the Internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer."
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(rare) A compiler of dictionaries.
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(rare) A person who deals with dictionaries a lot.
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(film) (of film music) Occurring as part of the action (rather than as background), and able to be heard by the film's characters.
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Alternative form of double entendre [A phrase that has two meanings, especially where one is innocent and literal, the other risqué, bawdy, or ironic; an innuendo.]
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Alternative form of double bazinga [A sarcastic response to sarcasm, double sarcasm]
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Alternative spelling of double entendre [A phrase that has two meanings, especially where one is innocent and literal, the other risqué, bawdy, or ironic; an innuendo.]
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Alternative form of double talk [Doublespeak.]
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Alternative form of double talker [Someone who engages in double talk.]
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(idiomatic) Saying one thing to one person and something different to another; double talking; deceitful in speech.
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Any language deliberately constructed to disguise or distort its actual meaning, often by employing euphemism or ambiguity.
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One who engages in doublespeak.
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Alternative form of double talk [Doublespeak.]
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Alternative form of double talker [Someone who engages in double talk.]
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A book, of a kind popular in 16th- and 17th-century Europe, containing allegorical illustrations with accompanying explanatory text, typically morals or poems.
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(obsolete) A writer of glosses, or comments.
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(textual criticism) A manuscript from which a family of texts is derived by copying; an intermediary node between the archetype (protograph) and a set of surviving manuscripts in a stemma codicum.
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Fiction written in a hypertext medium, usually allowing the reader to make decisions that affect the storyline
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A peculiarity of writing that is specific to an author.
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A writer who identifies themselves by the initial letters of their name.
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(narratology) A work that is set during the timeframe of a previous work, rather than before or after it.
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A unit of mimetic information.
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One who writes a monograph.
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A text novel that is an adaptation of a story from a visual medium such as film
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Of or pertaining to writing; expressed or used in writing.
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(neologism) The characteristic style of Aaron Sorkin (born 1961), American screenwriter, producer, and playwright, known for rapid-fire dialogue and extended monologues.
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The art, skill or science of speech or language.
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(obsolete) A textualist; a textman.
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A phrase that is deliberately designed to be difficult to say correctly, usually because of varying combinations of similar phonemes.
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The work of a wordsmith; skilful use of words.
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