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Topic Options #212572 - 09/22/13 07:43 AM Newly coined word Alibar stranger Registered: 09/22/13 Posts: 2 Several months ago, maybe last year, the word of the day's definition was similar to this: a word used by mistake which makes its own kind of sense. Example: The Government's Dept of repairs. What was the word? Please tell! Top #212575 - 09/22/13 10:50 AM Re: Newly coined word [Re: Alibar] Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13803 Might you be thinking of an eggcorn? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggcorn Coined by Mark Liberman in September 2003 http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/000018.html Top #212577 - 09/22/13 11:02 AM Re: Newly coined word [Re: Alibar] Alibar stranger Registered: 09/22/13 Posts: 2 Yes! Yes! Yes! Thank you so much! Top Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8947 Members 16 Forums 13866 Topics 222206 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members michor, Daksh1, geoffhargreaves, Guadalupe, may2point0 8947 Registered Users Who's Online 1 registered (wofahulicodoc), 34 Guests and 6 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) wofahulicodoc 65 LukeJavan8 53 may2point0 19 Tromboniator 3 geoffhargreaves 1 jheem 1 Top Posters wwh 13858 Faldage 13803 Jackie 11613 tsuwm 10538 LukeJavan8 8435 Buffalo Shrdlu 7210 wofahulicodoc 6794 AnnaStrophic 6511 Wordwind 6296 of troy 5400

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