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wackyparse

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
wack-y-parse
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To misread a text with humorous effect (perhaps deliberately), especially in line with traditional absurdist humor.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

From wacky + parse. Coined by James Parry in 1998. Though wackyparsing as a concept probably originated in Kibology (at alt.religion.kibology), at least as early as 1998http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&q=wackyparsing&qt_s=Search, the term has come to have wider usage, particularly on Usenet.

Usage

Inflected Forms

wackyparses (present, singular) wackyparsing (participle, present) wackyparsed (participle, past) wackyparsed (past)

Questions

What does wackyparse mean?
To misread a text with humorous effect (perhaps deliberately), especially in line with traditional absurdist humor.
Where does wackyparse come from?
From wacky + parse. Coined by James Parry in 1998. Though wackyparsing as a concept probably originated in Kibology (at alt.religion.kibology), at least as early as 1998http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&q=wackyparsing&qt_s=Search, the term has come to have wider usage, particularly on Usenet.

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