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wordoid

wordoid noun: a fabricated word coined to identify a new concept.

Noun

wordoid (plural wordoids)

  1. A fabricated word coined to identify a new concept.
    • "Gage", like "flammable", is a fabricated wordoid created on the assumption, not entirely without merit, that people are too stupid to read, understand and pronounce the properly-spelled word ("inflammable", in the latter case).2003, Daniel J. Stern, in rec.autos.tech http://groups.google.com/group/rec.autos.tech/msg/6266d1cea8dd61ba
    • Meantime, virii is a perfectly good wordoid, that's right, wordoid. It isn't a word, it just resembles one closely enough that nobody cares!2003, Eirik Johnson, in A New Twist on Noise https://web.archive.org/web/20060913123513/http://linux.depaul.edu/archive/depaul-lug/2003-03/msg00309.html

Forms of wordoid

pluralwordoids

Origin of wordoid

From word + -oid.

Questions about wordoid

What does wordoid mean?
Wordoid means a fabricated word coined to identify a new concept.
What part of speech is wordoid?
Wordoid is a noun.
What is the plural of wordoid?
The plural of wordoid is wordoids.

Words near wordoid in the dictionary

  1. wordness
  2. wordnet
  3. wordnets
  4. wordnik
  5. wordniks
  6. wordoid
  7. wordoids
  8. wordoku
  9. wordology
  10. wordplay
  11. wordplayer

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