Monday, January 23, 2006

Brave Knew Word!

Main Entry: ty·pho
Pronunciation: 'tI-(")fO

Function: noun
Etymology: Sarah's Personal Vocabulary
1 : one of two or more words pronounced alike but different in meaning or derivation or spelling (as the words to, too, and two) that are accidentally interchanged in typed or typeset material. -- COMPARE: Homophone, Typo


2 comments:

Anonymous said...

It looks like perhaps you have too much time on your hands!!! Perhaps you should get writing that collection of short stories with all of your apparent spare time.

Sarah J M said...

Spare time?? Hardly!
I spent my night contributing to the further development of the English language!

When is the last time YOU made up a new word complete with it's own disctionary definition and fancy phonetic spelling?

I rest my case.