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  • noun literary A text which deliberately excludes a certain word, usually a very common word. It is a technique occasionally used in novels.

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Examples

  • And for anyone planning on asking what a lipogram or liponym is, I present to you this post, by felisdemens.

    Wednesday notes yendi 2006

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