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anominy

The state of not having a word for a concept
1) Man, there's a great word for that in Swahili, but there's no word for it in English. We need to come up with a new word to take care of this anominy.

2) I had this great idea, but it was totally anominous, so I made up a word for it.
by Ron Blum April 21, 2006
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“Taking pleasure in the misfortune of others” was an anominy in English, so the German word “ schadenfreude” had to be borrowed.
by Ron Blum November 14, 2019
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