Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

xeroxlore

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: xe-rox-lore
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of photocopylore (“a kind of folklore comprising humorous material and urban legends that are reproduced on xerox machines (photocopiers)”).

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[…]the word's protean expressiveness has been observed in a xeroxlore item printed in Robert Anton Wilson's Playboy's Book of Forbidden Words[…]"
"I did some of my research on xeroxlore, or photocopylore, in a textile dyeing plant of about 250 people."
"Both Xeroxlore and faxlore have an increasing emphasis of visual material: / [It may be] a characteristic of both the increasingly visual sophistication of youth in our society and the capacities of the fax machine which sends images rather than alphanumeric messages; […]"

Etymology

From xerox + lore.

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

faxlore

Synonyms

photocopylore

Questions

What does xeroxlore mean?: Synonym of photocopylore (“a kind of folklore comprising humorous material and urban legends that are reproduced on xerox machines (photocopiers)”).
Where does xeroxlore come from?: From xerox + lore.

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