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"This Web site is devoted to lexpionage, the sleuthing of new words and phrases."
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"This Web site is devoted to lexpionage, the sleuthing of new words and phrases."
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"This Web site is devoted to lexpionage, the sleuthing of new words and phrases."
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"This Web site is devoted to lexpionage, the sleuthing of new words and phrases."
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"This Web site is devoted to lexpionage, the sleuthing of new words and phrases."
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"This Web site is devoted to lexpionage, the sleuthing of new words and phrases."
Writing, Clear and Simple Roy Jacobsen 2008
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"This Web site is devoted to lexpionage, the sleuthing of new words and phrases."
seanahan commented on the word lexpionage
I like the word, but not the UD definition. I would use it to mean searching through other authors works to find good words for yourself to use. This word contrasts nicely with lexadaisical.
August 27, 2007
whichbe commented on the word lexpionage
(adj., fr. Wordspy) Lexical espionage; the sleuthing of new words and phrases.
May 14, 2008