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Gostak is a meaningless noun that is used in the phrase "the gostak distims the doshes", which is an example of how it is possible to derive meaning from the syntax of a sentence even if the referents of the terms are entirely unknown. It is an example of a nonce word. The phrase was coined in 1903 by Andrew Ingraham but is best known through its quotation in 1923 by C. K. Ogden and I. A. Richards in their book The Meaning of Meaning, and has been since referred to in a number of cultural contexts.

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  • Gostak is a meaningless noun that is used in the phrase "the gostak distims the doshes", which is an example of how it is possible to derive meaning from the syntax of a sentence even if the referents of the terms are entirely unknown. It is an example of a nonce word. The phrase was coined in 1903 by Andrew Ingraham but is best known through its quotation in 1923 by C. K. Ogden and I. A. Richards in their book The Meaning of Meaning, and has been since referred to in a number of cultural contexts. (en)
  • Gostak adalah sebuah kata benda tanpa arti yang dipakai dalam frasa "gostak mendistim dosh", sebuah contoh bahwa ada kemungkinan menarik dari sintaks suatu kalimat bahkan jika sama sekali tidak dikenal. (in)
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  • Gostak is a meaningless noun that is used in the phrase "the gostak distims the doshes", which is an example of how it is possible to derive meaning from the syntax of a sentence even if the referents of the terms are entirely unknown. It is an example of a nonce word. The phrase was coined in 1903 by Andrew Ingraham but is best known through its quotation in 1923 by C. K. Ogden and I. A. Richards in their book The Meaning of Meaning, and has been since referred to in a number of cultural contexts. (en)
  • Gostak adalah sebuah kata benda tanpa arti yang dipakai dalam frasa "gostak mendistim dosh", sebuah contoh bahwa ada kemungkinan menarik dari sintaks suatu kalimat bahkan jika sama sekali tidak dikenal. (in)
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  • Gostak (in)
  • Gostak (en)
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