English Explanatory Dictionary

wug word

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of pseudoword.

Word forms

wug word wug words

Etymology

From wug, a made-up word used in the so-called wug test to investigate the acquisition of the plural form in English-speaking children. Coined in the 1950s by Dr. Jean Berko Gleason.

Synonyms

pseudoword
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