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typoglycemia

typoglycemia noun: the disputed idea that readers can easily comprehend text even when it is full of spelling errors and misplaced letters.

Noun

typoglycemia (uncountable)

  1. (humorous) The disputed idea that readers can easily comprehend text even when it is full of spelling errors and misplaced letters.

Origin of typoglycemia

Blend of typo + hypoglycemia.

Questions about typoglycemia

What does typoglycemia mean?
Typoglycemia means the disputed idea that readers can easily comprehend text even when it is full of spelling errors and misplaced letters.
What part of speech is typoglycemia?
Typoglycemia is a noun.

Words near typoglycemia in the dictionary

  1. typodont
  2. typodonts
  3. typoed
  4. typoes
  5. typoese
  6. typoglycemia
  7. typogram
  8. typograms
  9. typograph
  10. typographed
  11. typographer

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