"nihilartikel" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "German Nihilartikel",
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          "text": "2005 May 1, Eve Maler, “The Language Log”, Pushing String, at www.xmlgrrl.com http://www.xmlgrrl.com/blog/archives/2005/05/01/the-language-log/\nThe post never does find the word it’s looking for, but it eventually alights on a discussion of the Nihilartikel, a fake dictionary or encyclopedia entry created for playful or copyright-trap reasons."
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          "word": "trap street"
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          "word": "Mountweazel"
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