Pronunciation: \tI-(’)pO-ti-"kän\
Function: noun
Etymology: typo + emotion + icon
: unintential emoticon (smile-type-face) due purely to inadvertent key strokes, as rendered by the smilies feature in sophisticated instant messanging clients like Trillian, Adium, and Miranda-im.
Fauxcabulary Origin: Actually, this word was the origin of Fauxcabulary. The first word to be recorded after being coined by Mia Eaton, 2006.
Pronunciation: \’i-dE-&-"nim\
Function: noun
Etymology: Greek eironeia feigned ignorance, with Greek nym from onoma meaning name or word.
1: word combinations that “represent lexical irony” according a 2004 article in American Speech by Larry Horn.
2: situation when a person’s name is at ironic odds with their actions, coined by Geoff Lewis as posted on wordsmith.org
Fauxcabulary Origin: Read post on kottke.org asking “Is dwarf planet an ironym?” — via Adriana at Stingykids.net. Ironym not yet found in dictionaries (no fauxcab word should be — yet), but discussed in a few places such as this great post giving definition #1, by Benjamin Zimmer at Language Log.
Pronunciation: ’i-dE-&-"nim
Function: noun
Etymology: Greek eironeia feigned ignorance, with Greek nym from onoma meaning name or word.
1: word combinations that “represent lexical irony” according a 2004 article in American Speech by Larry Horn.
2: situation when a person’s name is at ironic odds with their actions, coined by Geoff Lewis as posted on wordsmith.org
Fauxcabulary Origin: Read post on kottke.org asking “Is dwarf planet an ironym?” — via Adriana at Stingykids.net. Ironym not yet found in dictionaries (no fauxcab word should be — yet), but discussed in a few places such as this great post giving definition #1, by Benjamin Zimmer at Language Log.