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EVERY year the German Language Society selects a word of the year and an "unword", usually something somebody said but should not have done.
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This has come about because the word discretion is an unword in police management-officers are regarded as no more than units of production to fulfill the business plan regardless of the consequences.
You Have Mistaken Me For Someone Else « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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At my company, we have an unword that could totally use this.
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At my company, we have an unword that could totally use this.
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I was also struck by the new unword "Climate change"
One more night of convention blogging. The Invesco Field extravaganza. Ann Althouse 2008
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I was also struck by the new unword "Climate change" Wow, so lets cover both our bases if it gets really cold now.
One more night of convention blogging. The Invesco Field extravaganza. Ann Althouse 2008
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The word "privacy" seems to have been stricken from the Newspeak dictionary, made an unword, never to have existed.
travel and privacy jlundberg 2007
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The unword was alternativlos no alternative, as in "the bail-out of Greece was alternativlos."
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Trochę zielona: pięć mitów o zrównoważonym rozwoju Bułgarii Europe's 'unword' of 2009 [Analysis]
cafebabel.com 2010
alexz commented on the word unword
Spotted in the news: every year German linguists pick an unwort, or unword.
January 10, 2017
vendingmachine commented on the word unword
EVERY year the German Language Society selects a word of the year and an "unword", usually something somebody said but should not have done.
January 10, 2017