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counterword
[ koun-ter-wurd ]
noun
- a word, often of short-lived popularity, widely used as an almost meaningless, automatic response.
- a word that has come to be used with a meaning much less specific than that which it had originally, as swell, awful, or terrific.
counterword
/ ˈ°ì²¹ÊŠ²Ô³Ùəˌ·Éɜ˻å /
noun
- a word widely used in a sense much looser than its original meaning, such as tremendous or awful
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In Spanish there is a word for which I can’t find a counterword in English.
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Unhappily the black-artist has forgot the counterword, with which he might command this flood of sprites again to ebb.
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“And what will be the counterword?†asked Challoner stiffly.
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