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throwaway81523 2022-08-15 13:07:49 | [–] update item (on: Toptal trying to sue us for saying there are Toptal alternatives that cost less )

One word: SLAPP. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SLAPP

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madaxe | karma 1733 | avg karma 3.0 | 2013-08-10 12:00:19+00:00 | [–] similar comments (on: The president is wrong: The NSA debate wouldn’t have happened without Snowden )

The word you're after is doublespeak. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doublespeak

agency | karma 1881 | avg karma 5.86 | 2020-12-17 21:36:11+00:00 | [–] similar comments (on: How I Met My Wife (1994) )

I've heard these called unpaired words, and the wiki has a bunch more examples

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unpaired_word

hbarka | karma 1045 | avg karma 1.77 | 2021-10-21 03:24:54 | [–] similar comments (on: Nice Neighborhood, Except for the Houses )

One word: stroads

https://youtu.be/ORzNZUeUHAM

BerislavLopac | karma 29912 | avg karma 5.43 | 2015-08-09 16:19:45+00:00 | [–] similar comments (on: A guy literally “#tweeting” on the cover of an Amiga World from 1988 )

I'll just leave this here... http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/literally

taylorbuley | karma 21388 | avg karma 7.12 | 2011-01-05 16:32:43 | [–] similar comments (on: 48% Of IT Workers Don't Get "Cloud Computing" )

Two words: Network Computer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Computer

CodingPerson | karma 1 | avg karma 0.33 | 2013-05-24 03:42:00 | [–] similar comments (on: 19 Emotions For Which There Are No Words In English [Chart] )

Another example is the German word "schadenfreude". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schadenfreude

tyingq | karma 59102 | avg karma 3.47 | 2019-10-03 11:58:39+00:00 | [–] similar comments (on: Auto-Antonyms )

I like the 3rd definition of this word: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trump

pimlottc | karma 7866 | avg karma 3.44 | 2023-08-04 11:21:49 | [–] similar comments (on: Storing dead people at -196°C [video] )

> The whole stick behind [this]...

I think the word you're looking for is "shtick" [0]

0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shtick

scotty79 | karma 14043 | avg karma 1.62 | 2022-05-11 16:41:27 | [–] similar comments (on: Some notes on 'asshat' (2018) )

Here's and interesting and fun take on similar words:

https://youtu.be/RAGcDi0DRtU?t=120

makepanic | karma 2610 | avg karma 15.82 | 2013-05-14 05:38:18+00:00 | [–] similar comments (on: Google Celebrates the 37th Anniversary of Atari's Breakout )

Here is a list of all the possible words: https://gist.github.com/makepanic/5573934 I got it from the js source.

Theodores | karma 3554 | avg karma 1.14 | 2019-02-27 13:10:25+00:00 | [–] similar comments (on: Huawei Trolls U.S. on Spy Claims with a Jab at Snowden )

In oldspeak we had this word:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypocrisy

coldacid | karma 1243 | avg karma 1.59 | 2019-04-07 20:53:43+00:00 | [–] similar comments (on: I Lied When I Said We Did Everything We Could )

Rather than slang, it's more appropriate to call it argot[1].

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argot

kissickas | karma 1475 | avg karma 2.71 | 2013-12-11 16:43:31+00:00 | [–] similar comments (on: Occupy Google: Income Inequality Backlash Hits Silicon Valley )

The word you're looking for is metonym.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_metonyms

jacquesm | karma 227883 | avg karma 3.76 | 2015-11-12 10:32:21+00:00 | [–] similar comments (on: Ask HN: How do you search for an appropriate English word? )

I think you might want to look at a thesaurus.

http://www.thesaurus.com/

veb | karma 2618 | avg karma 3.44 | 2022-05-26 01:20:47 | [–] similar comments (on: Bolt Announces Layoffs )

Is a real word apparently: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/toosh

phodo | karma 2774 | avg karma 4.53 | 2012-01-14 08:16:54+00:00 | [–] similar comments (on: Snapshot: Viaweb, June 1998 )

and here: http://www.wordnik.com/words/impecunious/

krapht | karma 1490 | avg karma 3.18 | 2019-06-17 20:46:49+00:00 | [–] similar comments (on: We launched an app with $500k annual revenue, and then Apple copied it )

Huh? Seems like a word, linked below. https://www.thefreedictionary.com/unicity

Balgair | karma 13764 | avg karma 3.0 | 2017-08-10 17:59:31+00:00 | [–] similar comments (on: A rising sentiment that IBM’s Watson can’t deliver on its promises )

See here: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bullshit%20a...

tschwimmer | karma 2766 | avg karma 5.07 | 2018-08-13 19:19:06+00:00 | [–] similar comments (on: Starting your own bank is laborious but profitable (2009) )

check out definition 2: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/literally

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