Wednesday, September 21, 2005

"Sniglet" isn't in the dictionary

We were suprised to find (logical difficulties notwithstanding) that the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (which is also available on CD-ROM for computers) doesn't contain the word "sniglet."

Our favorite sniglet is prndl, which coincidentally is a transportation related term.

1 Comments:

Blogger CPRR Discussion Group said...

"Sniglet" is defined as a word that should be in the dictionary but isn't. The word comes from the HBO comedy series Not Necessarily the News.

So "sniglet," not being in the dictionary, is a sniglet. (Is there a word for a thing which is an example of itself?)

12/09/2005 9:48 PM  

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