False Etymologies: The Study of Made-Up Words

Welcome, scholar, to the field of False Etymologies! A place where words are made up on the spot and presented as fact. It's like linguistics, but not really.

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Featured False Etymology

The word Flumplenax (n.) is believed to have originated from the ancient Flumplenaxian language, where it was used to describe a person who eats an entire pizza by themselves.

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