![]() Word aversion and word hatred are an aesthetic indulgence word denial is a different beast. ![]() If you see or hear someone reject a word by saying it’s “not a word”, you can reasonably assume that they mean it’s not a word they like, not a word they would use, not a word in standard usage, not a word in a certain dictionary, not a suitable word for the context, and so on. The editor Stan Carey wrote on his blog Sentence first: No attempt has been made to correctly categorise them. Not all words have definitions, and only the first definition is used, which may or not be a different part of speech or the correct definition. Where available, a definition is included via Wordnik. ![]() This dictionary is sourced from tweets containing the text "X is not a word", "X isn't a word" and "X ain't a word", collected between 25th October and 10th November 2014 by Only those words with at least quotations are included. Compiled by F O R NaNoGenMo A N D The Wordnik Hackathon In This Year, MMXIVĮach word listed here is the result of someone claiming it is not a word. Collected Between OCTOBER 2013 A N D NOVEMBER 2014. A Dictionary of Not-A-Words - Edition The First O F A DICTIONARY OF NOT-A-WORDS FROM TWITTER Of Which A Tweeter Has Thus DECLARED Such Word Is NOT A WORD With Example Usage, AND A DEFINITION Where Available.
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