The Dictionary’s Phantom: Story of ‘Dord’
What happens when a word that doesn't exist appears in the dictionary? For thirteen years, the non-word 'dord' lived in the pages of Webster's Second New International, defined simply as…
Unlocking the Universe of Languages
What happens when a word that doesn't exist appears in the dictionary? For thirteen years, the non-word 'dord' lived in the pages of Webster's Second New International, defined simply as…
What if some of the words in your dictionary were complete fabrications, planted by clever editors as copyright traps? These phantom words, known as "mountweazels", have haunted the pages of…