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Heterogram (literature) A heterogram (from hetero-, meaning 'different', + -gram, meaning 'written') is a word, phrase, or sentence in which no letter of the alphabet occurs more than once. The terms isogram and nonpattern word have also been used to mean the same thing. [1] [2] [3] It is not clear who coined or popularized the term "heterogram ...
The longest English word typable using only the top row of letters has 11 letters: rupturewort. The word teetertotter (used in North American English) is longer at 12 letters, although it is usually spelled with a hyphen. The longest using only the middle row is shakalshas (10 letters).
The alternative American pronunciation / ˈɑːŋkst / has no rhymes. [4] angsty / ˈ - æŋksti / rhymes with planxty, an Irish or Welsh melody for the harp. arugula / ˈ - uːɡjələ / rhymes with Bugula, a genus of bryozoan, in American English. beige / ˈ - eɪʒ / rhymes with greige, a colour between grey and beige.
Palilalia is defined as the repetition of the speaker's words or phrases, often for a varying number of repeats. Repeated units are generally whole sections of words and are larger than a syllable, with words being repeated the most often, followed by phrases, and then syllables or sounds. [2] [3] Palilalic repetitions are often spoken with ...
As a minimalistic isolating constructed language, most words in Toki Pona are much shorter, the median being 4 letters. The longest words featured in the 2014 book Toki Pona: The Language of Good, Lang's first official Toki Pona publication, are the 7-letter words kepeken ("to use, by means of") and sitelen ("symbol, picture").
Semantic satiation. Semantic satiation is a psychological phenomenon in which repetition causes a word or phrase to temporarily lose meaning for the listener, [1] who then perceives the speech as repeated meaningless sounds. Extended inspection or analysis (staring at the word or phrase for a long time) in place of repetition also produces the ...
Hypergraphia. A letter written by artist Emma Hauck while institutionalized in a mental hospital; many of her letters consist of only the written words "come sweetheart" or "come" repeated over and over in flowing script. Hypergraphia is a behavioral condition characterized by the intense desire to write or draw.
Ditto mark. The ditto mark is a shorthand sign, used mostly in hand-written text, indicating that the words or figures above it are to be repeated. [1] [2] The mark is made using "a pair of apostrophes "; [1] "a pair of marks " used underneath a word"; [3] the symbol " ( quotation mark ); [2] [4] or the symbol ” (right double quotation mark). [5]