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{
"etymology_text": "Modification of the first syllable of spokesman or spokesperson.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "spoxes",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"name": "en-noun"
}
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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"extra": "primarily used in headlines",
"word": "spokesperson"
}
],
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},
{
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},
{
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
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},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Journalism",
"orig": "en:Journalism",
"parents": [
"Writing",
"Human behaviour",
"Language",
"Human",
"Communication",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
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},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
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"orig": "en:Mass media",
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"Culture",
"Media",
"Society",
"Communication",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
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},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Occupations",
"orig": "en:Occupations",
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"People",
"Work",
"Human",
"Human activity",
"All topics",
"Human behaviour",
"Fundamental"
],
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},
{
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"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "2018 September 14, Senate Telephone Directory: 2018, U.S. Government Printing Office, →ISBN, page 110:",
"text": "Offerdahl, Samantha PRESS SECY & SPOX SO-221",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2022 November 11, Lara Seligman, Alexander Ward, Matt Berg, Lawrence Ukenye, “DoD’s new spox gives us his first interview”, in National Security Daily, Politico, retrieved 2023-05-23:",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"Abbreviation of spokesperson. (primarily used in headlines)"
],
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"links": [
[
"journalism",
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],
[
"spokesperson",
"spokesperson#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(journalism slang or informal) Abbreviation of spokesperson. (primarily used in headlines)"
],
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"informal",
"slang"
],
"topics": [
"journalism",
"media"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈspäks/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɒks"
},
{
"homophone": "Spocks"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈspōks/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-əʊks"
},
{
"homophone": "spokes"
},
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}
],
"word": "spox"
}
{
"etymology_text": "Modification of the first syllable of spokesman or spokesperson.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "spoxes",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"expansion": "spox (plural spoxes)",
"name": "en-noun"
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],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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{
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{
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"word": "spokesperson"
}
],
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"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
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"English nouns",
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"English terms with homophones",
"English terms with quotations",
"Pages with 2 entries",
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"Rhymes:English/ɒks",
"Rhymes:English/ɒks/1 syllable",
"Rhymes:English/əʊks",
"Rhymes:English/əʊks/1 syllable",
"en:Journalism",
"en:Mass media",
"en:Occupations",
"en:People"
],
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{
"ref": "2018 September 14, Senate Telephone Directory: 2018, U.S. Government Printing Office, →ISBN, page 110:",
"text": "Offerdahl, Samantha PRESS SECY & SPOX SO-221",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2022 November 11, Lara Seligman, Alexander Ward, Matt Berg, Lawrence Ukenye, “DoD’s new spox gives us his first interview”, in National Security Daily, Politico, retrieved 2023-05-23:",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"Abbreviation of spokesperson. (primarily used in headlines)"
],
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[
"journalism",
"journalism"
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]
],
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"(journalism slang or informal) Abbreviation of spokesperson. (primarily used in headlines)"
],
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"informal",
"slang"
],
"topics": [
"journalism",
"media"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈspäks/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɒks"
},
{
"homophone": "Spocks"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈspōks/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-əʊks"
},
{
"homophone": "spokes"
},
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}
],
"word": "spox"
}
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