What does wordoid mean?
Wordoid means A fabricated word coined to identify a new concept..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A fabricated word coined to identify a new concept..
2003, Daniel J. Stern, in rec.autos.tech http://groups.google.com/group/rec.autos.tech/msg/6266d1cea8dd61ba "Gage", like "flammable", is a fabricated wordoid created on the assumption, not entirely without merit, that people are too stupid to read, understand and pronounce the properly-spelled word ("inflammable", in the latter case).
2003, Eirik Johnson, in A New Twist on Noise https://web.archive.org/web/20060913123513/http://linux.depaul.edu/archive/depaul-lug/2003-03/msg00309.html Meantime, virii is a perfectly good wordoid, that's right, wordoid. It isn't a word, it just resembles one closely enough that nobody cares!
2005, Pyramus, in Little or Nothing http://cephalogenic.blogspot.com/2005/08/little-or-nothing.html I can't get away from the word, or wordoid, "miniscule".
2006, David Sims, in First Coffee for St. Valentine's Day, 2006 http://blog.tmcnet.com/telecom-crm/2006/02/14/first-coffee-for-st-valentines-day-2006.asp Well, I guess there's a new wordoid we all have to endure: infotainment.
2006, James A. Stewart, in Laurel And Hardy movie review https://web.archive.org/web/20060909082844/http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/laurelhardycol.php As Leonard Maltin notes in commentary, a more modern character appropriated that little wordoid.
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Wordoid means A fabricated word coined to identify a new concept..
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2003, Daniel J. Stern, in rec.autos.tech http://groups.google.com/group/rec.autos.tech/msg/6266d1cea8dd61ba "Gage", like "flammable", is a fabricated wordoid created on the assumption, not entirely without merit, that people are too stupid to read, understand and pronounce the properly-spelled word ("inflammable", in the latter case).
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