law of hobson-jobson
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.96 in modern English
37
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "In many places in the Dictionary, I find I have used the expression ‘the law of Hobson-Jobson.’ The name is an adaptation from the expression used by Col. Yule and Mr. Burnell as a name for their interesting Dictionary of Anglo-Indian words. The law is well recognised, though it has lacked a name, such as I now venture to give it."
- "Its variations show a familiar effort to bring a new and strange word into harmony with the language—an effort arising from what philologists call the law of Hobson-Jobson."
- "Reckawackes, by the law of Hobson-Jobson, was turned into Rockaway, and Pentapang into Port Tobacco."
- "Tommy-axe. A corruption of tomahawk: an instance of the law of Hobson-Jobson (q.v.)."