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81Placeholder name — Placeholder names are words that can refer to objects or people whose names are either temporarily forgotten, irrelevant, or unknown in the context in which they are being discussed. Whatchamacallit (for objects) and Whatshisname or Whatshername… …
82present — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. presenttime; gift, favor, gratuity, offering, bonus, donation (see giving). adj. here (see presence); now (see present). v. t. award, endow, give, assign, deliver, proffer, tender, pass, bestow;… …
83Metasyntactic variable — For the term as used in formal logic, see Metavariable (logic). In computer science, programmers use metasyntactic variables to describe a placeholder name or an alias term commonly used to denote the subject matter under discussion or an… …
84British slang — circuBritish slang is English language slang used in the UK. Slang is informal language sometimes peculiar to a particular social class or group and its use in Britain dates back to before the 16th century. The language of slang, in common with… …
85Hapax legomenon — Rank frequency plot for words in the novel Moby Dick. About 44% of the distinct set of words in this novel, such as matrimonial , occur only once, and so are hapax legomena (red). About 17%, such as dexterity , are dis legomena (blue). Zipf s law …
86Crosswordese — is a term generally used to describe words frequently found in crossword puzzles but seldom found in everyday conversation. They are usually short words, three to five letters, with letter combinations which crossword constructors find useful in… …
87Modern evolution of Esperanto — Esperanto …
88-let — suffix forming nouns, usu. diminutives (flatlet; leaflet) or denoting articles of ornament or dress (anklet). Etymology: orig. corresp. (in bracelet, crosslet, etc.) to F ette added to nouns in el * * * suffix 1) (forming nouns) denoting a… …
89Spoonerism — A spoonerism is an error in speech or deliberate play on words in which corresponding consonants, vowels, or morphemes are switched (see metathesis). It is named after the Reverend William Archibald Spooner (1844–1930), Warden of New College,… …
90Metanalysis — This article is about the term in linguistics; in the natural sciences metanalysis is an alternative spelling for meta analysis . In linguistics, metanalysis is the act of breaking down a word or phrase into segments or meanings not original to… …
