"etaoin shrdlu" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɛtiɔɪn ˈʃɜːrdluː/, /ˈeɪtɑːn ʃrədˈluː/ Forms: etaoin shrdlus [plural]
Etymology: From the arrangement of letters on the keyboard of a linotype machine: typesetters would mark errors by running their fingers across the keys, and the results would sometimes accidentally find their way into print. The letters in the string are, approximately, the 12 most commonly used letters in the English language, ordered by their frequency, which drove the design of the linotype keyboard. Head templates: {{en-noun|nolinkhead=1}} etaoin shrdlu (plural etaoin shrdlus)
  1. Nonsense, filler text (dummy text), or an example of accidental typing (typo). Wikipedia link: etaoin shrdlu Categories (topical): Typography Synonyms: etaoin, etaoin shrdlu cmfwyp, shrdlu, shrdlu etaoin, etaoinshrdlu, etaoinshrdlcumwfgypbvkjxqz Related terms: asdfghjkl, lorem ipsum
    Sense id: en-etaoin_shrdlu-en-noun-QfEWEfO9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "From the arrangement of letters on the keyboard of a linotype machine: typesetters would mark errors by running their fingers across the keys, and the results would sometimes accidentally find their way into print. The letters in the string are, approximately, the 12 most commonly used letters in the English language, ordered by their frequency, which drove the design of the linotype keyboard.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "etaoin shrdlus",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Typography",
          "orig": "en:Typography",
          "parents": [
            "Printing",
            "Writing",
            "Industries",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "Business",
            "Human",
            "Communication",
            "Economics",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Social sciences",
            "Fundamental",
            "Sciences"
          ],
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        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1989, Alex Brown, In print: text and type, page 137:",
          "text": "You can see why compositors reflexively filled lines to be corrected with etaoin shrdlus.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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        [
          "typo",
          "typo"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "asdfghjkl"
        },
        {
          "word": "lorem ipsum"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "etaoin"
        },
        {
          "word": "etaoin shrdlu cmfwyp"
        },
        {
          "word": "shrdlu"
        },
        {
          "word": "shrdlu etaoin"
        },
        {
          "word": "etaoinshrdlu"
        },
        {
          "word": "etaoinshrdlcumwfgypbvkjxqz"
        }
      ],
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        "etaoin shrdlu"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɛtiɔɪn ˈʃɜːrdluː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈeɪtɑːn ʃrədˈluː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "etaoin shrdlu"
}
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  "etymology_text": "From the arrangement of letters on the keyboard of a linotype machine: typesetters would mark errors by running their fingers across the keys, and the results would sometimes accidentally find their way into print. The letters in the string are, approximately, the 12 most commonly used letters in the English language, ordered by their frequency, which drove the design of the linotype keyboard.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "etaoin shrdlus",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "etaoin shrdlu (plural etaoin shrdlus)",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
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      "word": "asdfghjkl"
    },
    {
      "word": "lorem ipsum"
    }
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "en:Typography"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1989, Alex Brown, In print: text and type, page 137:",
          "text": "You can see why compositors reflexively filled lines to be corrected with etaoin shrdlus.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "Nonsense, filler text (dummy text), or an example of accidental typing (typo)."
      ],
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          "dummy text",
          "dummy text"
        ],
        [
          "typo",
          "typo"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɛtiɔɪn ˈʃɜːrdluː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈeɪtɑːn ʃrədˈluː/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "etaoin"
    },
    {
      "word": "etaoin shrdlu cmfwyp"
    },
    {
      "word": "shrdlu"
    },
    {
      "word": "shrdlu etaoin"
    },
    {
      "word": "etaoinshrdlu"
    },
    {
      "word": "etaoinshrdlcumwfgypbvkjxqz"
    }
  ],
  "word": "etaoin shrdlu"
}

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