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  2. Jabberwocky - Wikipedia

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    Translators have invented words which draw on root words with meanings similar to the English roots used by Carroll. Douglas Hofstadter noted in his essay "Translations of Jabberwocky", the word 'slithy', for example, echoes the English 'slimy', 'slither', 'slippery', 'lithe' and 'sly'. A French translation that uses 'lubricilleux' for 'slithy ...

  3. Jabberwocky sentence - Wikipedia

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    A Jabberwocky sentence is a type of sentence of interest in neurolinguistics. Jabberwocky sentences take their name from the language of Lewis Carroll's well-known poem "Jabberwocky". In the poem, Carroll uses correct English grammar and syntax, but many of the words are made up and merely suggest meaning.

  4. Nonsense verse - Wikipedia

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    "Somforbe" could possibly be a noun, possibly a slurred verb phrase. In the sense that it is a slurred verb, it could be the word "stumbled", as in Sam fell onto the drunk side and stumbled on a girl. However, not all nonsense verse relies on word play. Some simply illustrate nonsensical situations.

  5. Nonce word - Wikipedia

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    This permits inferences about the default assumptions children make about new word meanings, syntactic structure, etc. "Wug" is among the earliest known nonce words used in language learning studies, and is best known for its use in Jean Berko's "Wug test", in which children were presented with a novel object, called a wug, and then shown ...

  6. Jabberwocky (film) - Wikipedia

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    Jabberwocky is a 1977 British fantasy comedy film co-written and directed by Terry Gilliam.Jabberwocky stars Michael Palin as Dennis, a cooper's apprentice, who is forced through clumsy, often slapstick misfortunes to hunt a terrible dragon after the death of his father.

  7. 12 words and phrases you're using at work that make you ... - AOL

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    These all too frequently used words and terms can chip away at your professional image in the workplace and make you appear less intelligent.

  8. Remember “The Sims”? Brains Behind Viral Game Spill ... - AOL

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    Though Simlish is made up of plenty of recognizable phrases — “sul sul” and “dag dag” used interchangeably as “hello” or “goodbye,” “lurve” for “love” and many other ...

  9. The Hunting of the Snark - Wikipedia

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    The Hunting of the Snark, subtitled An Agony, in Eight fits, is a poem by the English writer Lewis Carroll.It is typically categorised as a nonsense poem.Written between 1874 and 1876, it borrows the setting, some creatures, and eight portmanteau words from Carroll's earlier poem "Jabberwocky" in his children's novel Through the Looking-Glass (1871).