Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

keming

/ˈkɛmɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.03 in modern English

Syllables: kem-ing
IPA: /ˈkɛmɪŋ/

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Improper kerning.

Humorous; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"When done correctly, kerning helps to improve the readability of text by adding or removing space between two letters. Bad kerning, also known as keming, leads to misreadings, and in the worst cases, incredibly bad (but humorous) misunderstandings."

Etymology

Coined by various sources in the early 1990s as a deliberate misspelling of kerning by combining the r and n into an m, as an example of improper kerning due to the increasing growth of desktop publishing.

Usage

Questions

How do you pronounce keming?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɛmɪŋ/.
What does keming mean?: Improper kerning.
Where does keming come from?: Coined by various sources in the early 1990s as a deliberate misspelling of kerning by combining the r and n into an m, as an example of improper kerning due to the increasing growth of desktop publishing.

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