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ten-cent word

noun

Definitions

  1. A short and common word used in place of a longer and more uncommon one.

    • One important note: Exchanging a ten-cent word (“chew”) for a ten-dollar synonym (“masticate”) is NOT the point here. Overly fancy words are just that—overly fancy.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA