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  2. Ghoti - Wikipedia

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    The word is intended to be pronounced in the same way as fish (/ f ɪ ʃ /), using these sounds: . gh, pronounced / f / as in enough / ɪ ˈ n ʌ f / or tough / t ʌ f /;; o, pronounced / ɪ / as in women / ˈ w ɪ m ɪ n /;

  3. Semantic satiation - Wikipedia

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    James presented several experiments that demonstrated the operation of the semantic satiation effect in various cognitive tasks such as rating words and figures that are presented repeatedly in a short time, verbally repeating words then grouping them into concepts, adding numbers after repeating them out loud, and bilingual translations of words repeated in one of the two languages.

  4. 100 Totally Weird Words (Like 'Argle-Bargle') That'll Expand ...

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    From "argle-bargle" to "xiphoid," these weird words will help you spice up any topic you discuss. Take a glance and get ready to expand your lexicon! Related: 50 Gen Z Slang Words You Need To Know ...

  5. Hexspeak - Wikipedia

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    Hexspeak is a novelty form of variant English spelling using the hexadecimal digits. Created by programmers as memorable magic numbers, hexspeak words can serve as a clear and unique identifier with which to mark memory or data.

  6. List of irregularly spelled English names - Wikipedia

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    This is a set of lists of English personal and place names having spellings that are counterintuitive to their pronunciation because the spelling does not accord with conventional pronunciation associations.

  7. List of commonly misused English words - Wikipedia

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    Non-standard: If you're first instinct is "man the USA lucked into the soft side of the bracket" your instinct would be correct. [148] Non-standard: From here, you draft supporting talent, develop that talent, add some veteran free agents, and if your lucky, you're on your way to truly competing. [149] Non-standard: You're mother called this ...

  8. Word Crimes - Wikipedia

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    The video spoofs a number of facets of the original "Blurred Lines" video, such as the large hashtags in the original that appear seemingly at random, dancing letters and punctuation symbols on an off-white background, and ends with the phrase "'Weird Al' Yankovic has a big dictionary" spelled in balloon letters.

  9. Hella - Wikipedia

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    This article is about the word. For other uses, see Hella (disambiguation). 'Hella' as used in Northern California Hella is an American English slang term originating in and often associated with San Francisco's East Bay area in Northern California, possibly specifically emerging in the 1970s African-American vernacular of Oakland. It is used as an intensifying adverb such as in "hella bad" or ...