GHOST WORDS: Fake words that made it into the dictionary
Head to https://squarespace.com/robwords to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using the code "robwords". In this video we explore the spooky phenomenon of GHOST WORDS. They're the words that made it into the dictionary despite not actually existing.
Some of them, like foupe, dord and kimes were quickly weeded out. Others remain in use to this day: like tweed, syllabus and gravy.
Be they accidental inventions or deliberate deceptions, you'll enjoy exploring the weird world of ghost words.
#etymology #english #halloween
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==SOURCES==
https://www.grammarly.com/blog/ghost-words/
https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/articles/ghost-words/
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2005/08/29/not-a-word
https://theconversation.com/the-story-of-tweed-27013
==CHAPTERS==
0:00 Introduction
0:46 What are ghost words?
1:22 FOUPE - Samuel Johnson's error
2:47 ADVENTINE - Johnson's second mistake
3:16 The origin of "ghost words"
3:40 ABACOT - The wrong hat
4:14 KIMES - A misreading
4:47 MORSE - Walter Scott misunderstanding
5:35 SQUARESPACE
6:35 DORD - Density confusion
7:49 PHANTOMNATION - Alexander Pope error
9:27 GRAVY - A delicious mistake
10:22 TWEED - Wrong about the river
11:17 SYLLABUS - Cicero slip-up
12:09 ESQUIVALIENCE - A deliberate ruse
13:46 BEWARE!
14:00 Goodbye
Some of them, like foupe, dord and kimes were quickly weeded out. Others remain in use to this day: like tweed, syllabus and gravy.
Be they accidental inventions or deliberate deceptions, you'll enjoy exploring the weird world of ghost words.
#etymology #english #halloween
==SOCIALS==
Check me out on Twitter & TikTok:
http://twitter.com/robwordsYT
http://tiktok.com/@robwords
==SOURCES==
https://www.grammarly.com/blog/ghost-words/
https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/articles/ghost-words/
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2005/08/29/not-a-word
https://theconversation.com/the-story-of-tweed-27013
==CHAPTERS==
0:00 Introduction
0:46 What are ghost words?
1:22 FOUPE - Samuel Johnson's error
2:47 ADVENTINE - Johnson's second mistake
3:16 The origin of "ghost words"
3:40 ABACOT - The wrong hat
4:14 KIMES - A misreading
4:47 MORSE - Walter Scott misunderstanding
5:35 SQUARESPACE
6:35 DORD - Density confusion
7:49 PHANTOMNATION - Alexander Pope error
9:27 GRAVY - A delicious mistake
10:22 TWEED - Wrong about the river
11:17 SYLLABUS - Cicero slip-up
12:09 ESQUIVALIENCE - A deliberate ruse
13:46 BEWARE!
14:00 Goodbye
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