made-up word

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made-up
adjective
uk
/ˌmeɪd ˈʌp/us
/ˌmeɪd ˈʌp/
wearing ...
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word
noun
uk
/wɜːd/us
/wɝːd/
a single unit of language that has meaning and can be spoken ...
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For nonword repetition, the child was told that they would hear amade-upwordand asked to repeat it back immediately.
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It was pointed out that there were both real and made-up words and that deletion would sometimes produce a real word and sometimes not.
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This was introduced as a game with made-up words.
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The made-up words are usually short and sometimes intended to look "cute".
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A fourth group was created for words recalled from the practice session or for made-up words.
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It is whimsical and humorous in tone and tends to employ fanciful phrases and meaningless made-up words.
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A person with schizophrenia might use neologisms, which are made-up words which have a specific meaning to the person using them.
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The song's lyrics include many colloquialisms and made-up words.
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Malapropisms differ from other kinds of speaking or writing mistakes, such as eggcorns or spoonerisms, and from the accidental or deliberate production of newly made-up words (neologisms).
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Vian's other fiction, published under his real name, featured a highly individual writing style with numerous made-up words, subtle wordplay and surrealistic plots.
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