-
propositions may be
regarded as "nonsense". For example, "1+1=2" is a
nonsensical proposition.
Wittgenstein wrote in
Tractatus Logico Philosophicus that...
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nowadays to be used for
straightforward humour,
rather than
having a
nonsensical effect.
Among writers in
English noted for
nonsense verse are Edward...
- A
nonsense song is a type of song
written mainly for the
purpose of
entertainment using nonsense syllables at
least in the chorus. Such a song generally...
- In linguistics, a
nonce word—also
called an occasionalism—is any word (lexeme), or any
sequence of
sounds or letters,
created for a
single occasion or...
- words, pseudowords,
language games and
specialized jargon that
seems nonsensical to outsiders. "Gibberish" is also used as an
imprecation to denigrate...
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philosopher Cicero, with
words altered, added, and
removed to make it
nonsensical and
improper Latin. The
first two
words themselves are a
truncation of...
- has been
described as "fraudulent misrepresentation", and
itself as a "
nonsensical method", with a
recommendation that the
American government agency NCCAM...
- it as when "someone ****erts his
claim by
saying something so
patently nonsensical that the listener's
brain shuts down completely". Jay Heinrichs' book...
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spelling errors such as "cartchy tuns" and "a
pasadise of
sweet teats" and
nonsensical words such as "catgacating".
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- of meaning,
rather than a lack of it. Its
humor is
derived from its
nonsensical nature,
rather than wit or the "joke" of a
punch line.
Literary nonsense...
