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    Has a word ever been invented by a child?

    Question #77265. Asked by Ringerguy. (Mar 15 07 10:38 AM)


    tragic_flawed

    		googol

    Mar 15 07, 12:50 PM
    Flem-ish

    		There is a story that the ballet term "tutu" is a children's alteration of cucu the diminutive of French cul for buttocks.But any child invents neologisms especially onomatopeic ones. Very often they are reduplications e.g. "chook chook" for chicken.

    Mar 15 07, 2:09 PM
    Baloo55th

    		I'll back tragic up. It was Milton Sirotta who gave the nemr to the number at the age of 8. http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/57575.html

    Mar 15 07, 2:24 PM
    Arpeggionist

    		When I was just ten, I invented the Hebrew word "r'vavit" meaning 1/10,000 (literally, a "myriadth").

    Mar 15 07, 3:07 PM

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