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Nonce word (en.wikipedia.org)

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In linguistics, a nonce word—also called an occasionalism—is any word (lexeme), or any sequence of sounds or letters, created for a single occasion or utterance but not otherwise understood or recognized as a word in a given language.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Is there a term for words that describe themselves? Kind of like onomatopoeia but different

[–] brotundspiele 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

They're called autological.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Very cool, thanks!

[–] merde 1 points 3 months ago

thanks again