Let’s explore the spooky phenomenon of πŸ‘»GHOST WORDSπŸ‘». They’re the words that made it into the dictionary despite not actually existing. Remember to head to https://squarespace.com/robwords to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using the code “robwords”.

Some ghost words, like foupe, dord and kimes were quickly weeded out. Others remain in use to this day: like tweed, syllabus and gravy.

Be they accidental inventions or deliberate deceptions, you’ll enjoy exploring the weird world of ghost words.

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==SOURCES==
https://www.grammarly.com/blog/ghost-words/
https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/articles/ghost-words/
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2005/08/29/not-a-word
https://theconversation.com/the-story-of-tweed-27013

==CHAPTERS==
0:00 Introduction
0:46 What are ghost words?
1:22 FOUPE – Samuel Johnson’s error
2:47 ADVENTINE – Johnson’s second mistake
3:16 The origin of “ghost words”
3:40 ABACOT – The wrong hat
4:14 KIMES – A misreading
4:47 MORSE – Walter Scott misunderstanding
5:35 SQUARESPACE
6:35 DORD – Density confusion
7:49 PHANTOMNATION – Alexander Pope error
9:27 GRAVY – A delicious mistake
10:22 TWEED – Wrong about the river
11:17 SYLLABUS – Cicero slip-up
12:09 ESQUIVALIENCE – A deliberate ruse
13:46 BEWARE!
14:00 Goodbye
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