Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paktorlogy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pak-tor-l-ogy
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

the study of dating, courtship.

Colloquial; Humorous; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Paktology: the name of the dating game, from “pak tor” (Cantonese) to “go steady, smooch and whatever turns you on”. https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=cM3hBwAAQBAJ&pg=PT24&lpg=PT24&dq=paktology&source=bl&ots=HerE0jTxM&sig=PsE1zlaXjnwNKkw1cO1jSHp610E&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi16YK8jvTLAhULUY4KHcTZAOg4ChDoAQgjMAM#v=onepage&q=paktology&f=false"
"2012, June 14, Jia Yiing Ho, Paktology Lesson 1: Communication, blog entry I welcome you to be my Paktology coursemate via email http://jiayiing87.blogspot.sg/2012/06/paktology-lesson-1-communication.html"
"2015, February 13, Unnamed, First Vday together? Then stay away from These 5 Movie types, online Years of research in the scientific field of 'paktohlogy' have shown that horror movies are the best to watch on a date. http://www.hitz.fm/Features/Trendings/Trending-on-hitz/First-Vday-Together-Then-Stay-Away-from-These-5-Mo"
"2016, May 9, Gwee Li Sui, SinGweesh on Wednesday: Horrigible, online So “paktorlogy” is the science of courtship – simple, right? https://web.archive.org/web/20160410201423/http://themiddleground.sg/2016/03/09/singweesh-22-horrigible/"

Etymology

From paktor + -logy.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: paktor

Usage

Inflected Forms

paktology (alternative) paktohlogy (alternative)

Questions

What does paktorlogy mean?: the study of dating, courtship.
Where does paktorlogy come from?: From paktor + -logy.

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