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GHOST WORD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ghost word mean?
• GHOST WORD (noun)
The noun GHOST WORD has 1 sense:
1. a word form that has entered the language through the perpetuation of an error
Familiarity information: GHOST WORD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A word form that has entered the language through the perpetuation of an error
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("ghost word" is a kind of...):
descriptor; form; signifier; word form (the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something)
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