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Meaning of nonsense word | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A neologised word that does not have a given meaning, or that has been invented without any etymological sense.

Equivalents

Suomi pseudosana

Русский бессмысленное слово

Examples

“George Bernard Shaw's classic joke about English spelling is that his nonsense word ghoti should be pronounced fish. He explained: gh = like the gh in cough = fo = like the o in women = i ti = like the ti in nation = sh ghoti = fish.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

nonsense-mediated decay nonsensibility Nonsensical nonsensicality Nonsensically Nonsensicalness