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lexicostatistical

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  • adjective Of or pertaining to lexicostatistics

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  • Using a plethora of unnecessarily sesquipedalian, multipolysyllabic megaterminology, such as "lexicostatistical", is a great tactic to conceal the weaknesses of your theories, as is treating your conjectures as proven facts in any of your publications so as to not bog down your important work with silly things like justification or common sense.

    How NOT to reconstruct a protolanguage 2007

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