Hank asks on Twitter for the word for when there should be a word for something but there isn't (2010)
ask · status: reported back (the ask itself is not in the videos read here) · last event: result reported (2010-09-22) · owner: Hank
Hank asked on Twitter for the word for when there should be a word for something but there isn't. In September 2010 he said Nerdfighters quickly told him there is a phrase for it: lexical gap.
Where the ask was made
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About: Twitter, lexical gap
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-09-22 | result reported | Nerdfighters answer Hank's tweet: the word for when there should be a word is 'lexical gap', and another adds 'lacuna'. | Non-VIrgin...a Lexical Gap? 00:01:25 |
What is said about it
5 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2010-09-22 · Non-VIrgin...a Lexical Gap? — Hank says there is really no word for the opposite of virgin, and there should be a word for when there is no word for something. — 00:00:57
- 2010-09-22 · Non-VIrgin...a Lexical Gap? — Hank tweeted, as a joke rather than a serious question, asking for the word for when there should be a word for something but there isn't. — 00:01:09
- 2010-09-22 · Non-VIrgin...a Lexical Gap? — Hank says Romanian has no word for 'shallow', so translators into Romanian must say 'not-so-deep'. — 00:01:33
- 2010-09-22 · Non-VIrgin...a Lexical Gap? — Hank says English has no plural for 'you', which leads people to invent words like y'all and youse guys. — 00:01:41
- 2010-09-22 · Non-VIrgin...a Lexical Gap? — Hank: After another follower suggested 'lacuna', Hank explains that for linguists a lacuna is a missing word that should exist; with non-linguists, 'lexical gap' is clearer. — 00:01:54