"wug word" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wug words [plural]
Etymology: From wug, a made-up word used in the so-called wug test to investigate the acquisition of the plural form in English-speaking children. Coined in the 1950s by Dr. Jean Berko Gleason. Head templates: {{en-noun}} wug word (plural wug words)
  1. (linguistics) Synonym of pseudoword Wikipedia link: wug test Categories (topical): Linguistics Synonyms: pseudoword [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-wug_word-en-noun-gVH-Mjhd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

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