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  2. Pangram - Wikipedia

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    An English language pangram being used to demonstrate the Bitstream Vera Sans typeface. The best-known English pangram is "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog". [1]It has been used since at least the late 19th century [1] and was used by Western Union to test Telex/TWX data communication equipment for accuracy and reliability. [2]

  3. List of forms of word play - Wikipedia

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    Pangram: a sentence which uses every letter of the alphabet at least once; Tautogram: a phrase or sentence in which every word starts with the same letter; Caesar shift: moving all the letters in a word or sentence some fixed number of positions down the alphabet; Techniques that involve semantics and the choosing of words. Anglish: a writing ...

  4. Disemvoweling - Wikipedia

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    Sticker "Ght whln" using the Run-DMC logo design: disemvoweling of German slogan "Geht wählen" ("Go vote") Disemvoweling, disemvowelling (British and Commonwealth English), or disemvowelment is writing a piece of text with all the vowel letters removed. [1] Disemvoweling is often used in band and company names.

  5. Here’s How Words Get Removed from the Dictionary - AOL

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  6. Anagram - Wikipedia

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    An anagram is a word or phrase formed by rearranging the letters of a different word or phrase, typically using all the original letters exactly once. [1] For example, the word anagram itself can be rearranged into the phrase "nag a ram". The original word or phrase is known as the subject of the anagram. Any word or phrase that exactly ...

  7. List of linguistic example sentences - Wikipedia

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    If separating words using spaces is also permitted, the total number of known possible meanings rises to 58. [37] Czech has the syllabic consonants [r] and [l], which can stand in for vowels. A well-known example of a sentence that does not contain a vowel is Strč prst skrz krk, meaning "stick your finger through the neck."

  8. What’s a Second Cousin vs. Second Cousin Once Removed? - AOL

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    A cousin once removed means they’re from the generation immediately above or below you. So your first cousin once removed would be your first cousin’s child or your parent’s first cousin.

  9. Heterogram (literature) - Wikipedia

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    A heterogram (from hetero-, meaning 'different', + -gram, meaning 'written') is a word, phrase, or sentence in which no letter of the alphabet occurs more than once. The terms isogram and nonpattern word have also been used to mean the same thing. [1] [2] [3] It is not clear who coined or popularized the term "heterogram".