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{
"etymology_text": "Hypercorrect British or pseudo-British spelling of horror, influenced by words like colour.",
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"tags": [
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}
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"pos": "noun",
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"examples": [
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"ref": "2000 November 19, \"somebody9867\" (username), \"Re: in-canada marriage vs overseas application?\", in misc.immigration.canada, Usenet",
"text": "In the States this is really a horrour film theme – but may be, not that horrible in Canada."
},
{
"ref": "2001 June 1, \"Eric Jablow\" (username), \"FIC: Community 8/8\", in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer.creative, Usenet",
"text": "My friends and I are fine, but we shall never forget our horrour."
},
{
"ref": "2002 August 21, \"Teilhard Knight\" (username), \"Elephant's brain is not dangerous\", in alt.support.depression, Usenet",
"text": "In the first place, elephant’s brain only brought to the general attention something that was there for the general attention anyhow. In the second place, if that sets the posters of the original posts to shriek in horrour and retire, I do not think it is so much elephant’s brain so responsible of that reaction."
}
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"(hypercorrect) Misspelling of horror."
],
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"Obsolete form of horror."
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"(Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of horror"
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"ref": "2000 November 19, \"somebody9867\" (username), \"Re: in-canada marriage vs overseas application?\", in misc.immigration.canada, Usenet",
"text": "In the States this is really a horrour film theme – but may be, not that horrible in Canada."
},
{
"ref": "2001 June 1, \"Eric Jablow\" (username), \"FIC: Community 8/8\", in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer.creative, Usenet",
"text": "My friends and I are fine, but we shall never forget our horrour."
},
{
"ref": "2002 August 21, \"Teilhard Knight\" (username), \"Elephant's brain is not dangerous\", in alt.support.depression, Usenet",
"text": "In the first place, elephant’s brain only brought to the general attention something that was there for the general attention anyhow. In the second place, if that sets the posters of the original posts to shriek in horrour and retire, I do not think it is so much elephant’s brain so responsible of that reaction."
}
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"Misspelling of horror."
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"(hypercorrect) Misspelling of horror."
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