ghost word
English
Noun
ghost word (plural ghost words)
- A fictitious or erroneous word, originally meaningless, that has been published in a dictionary or similarly authoritative reference book, or has been listed as genuine, generally as the result of misinterpretation or a typographical error.
Translations
fictitious or erroneous word
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See also
- dord
- Nihilartikel
- Walter William Skeat
- Appendix:English dictionary-only terms
- 幽霊文字 (ゆうれいもじ, yuurei moji), a similar phenomenon featuring Japanese kanji
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