"grammando" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: grammandos [plural]
Etymology: Blend of gram(mar) + (com)mando; possibly coined by, and probably first popularized by, Lizzie Skurnick in 2012, via her feature “That Should Be a Word” in The New York Times Magazine. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|grammar|commando|alt1=gram(mar)|alt2=(com)mando}} Blend of gram(mar) + (com)mando Head templates: {{en-noun}} grammando (plural grammandos)
  1. Synonym of grammar cop. Wikipedia link: Lizzie Skurnick Synonyms: grammar cop [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-grammando-en-noun-0UUV5inV Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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