ALL meanings of counterword
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C c - noun counterword a word widely used in a sense much looser than its original meaning, such as tremendous or awful 3
- noun counterword a word, often of short-lived popularity, widely used as an almost meaningless, automatic response. 1
- noun counterword a word that has come to be used with a meaning much less specific than that which it had originally, as swell, awful, or terrific. 1
- noun counterword A word whose new meaning is overused, and not intended for what the original meaning is. 1
- noun counterword A word (for example so) that is frequently used in a reflex-like manner in an answer and that has thereby quickly taken on a new, much less specific or much looser meaning or is even almost meaningless and performs a completely new function. 0
- noun counterword Such a word (or a word that has gone through a similar change) when not used as a reflex-like answer. 0