Other Examples
Other examples of nonce words include:
- Runcible, from Edward Lear, which later came to describe a curved fork with a cutting edge.
- Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, from the movie musical Mary Poppins.
- Fnord, from the book Principia Discordia
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Famous quotes containing the word examples:
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