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grammando

grammando noun: synonym of grammar cop.

Noun

grammando (plural grammandos)

  1. Synonym of grammar cop.
    • you probably have an inner grammando […] One who constantly corrects others’ linguistic mistakes. […] There’s another new word—wordie—that captures the alternative to being a grammando. Added to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary in 2018, wordie describes someone who delights in language’s shifting...2024, Anne Curzan, Says Who?: A Kinder, Funner Usage Guide for Everyone Who Cares About Words, Crown, →ISBN, page viii-ix
    Synonyms:
    grammar cop

Synonyms of grammando

Forms of grammando

pluralgrammandos

Origin of grammando

Blend of gram(mar) + (com)mando; possibly coined by, and probably first popularized by, Lizzie Skurnick in 2012, via her feature “That Should Be a Word” in The New York Times Magazine.

Questions about grammando

What does grammando mean?
Grammando means synonym of grammar cop.
What part of speech is grammando?
Grammando is a noun.
What is the plural of grammando?
The plural of grammando is grammandos.

Words near grammando in the dictionary

  1. grammagrams
  2. grammalog
  3. grammalogs
  4. grammalogue
  5. grammalogues
  6. grammando
  7. grammandos
  8. grammar
  9. grammar checker
  10. grammar checkers
  11. grammar cop

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