nonce word

noun

Etymology

From for the nonce and word. Coined by James Murray, the influential first editor of the Oxford English Dictionary.

  1. derived from Dictionary

Definitions

  1. A word invented for the occasion, especially to create alliteration or a rhyme.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for nonce word. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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