There's a word for it, I'm sure

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0 There's a word for this but I don't know what it is. It's when you put letters together and, when pronounced, have the same results as an actual word. For example: 02br00xtc = ecstasy 02br00xs  = excess 02br02br00Some call this acrostics but I don't think that's correct. Acrostics is when you have letters at the beginning of a group of words or sentences that spell out something that pertains to those words or sentences. Like this: 02br00North 02br00East 02br00West 02br00South    (the first letters in the words spell out "NEWS") 02br02br00So, anyone know what that word is? 02br00(note, this is not a riddle, I genuinely would like to know!) 02br02br00Thanks! 0-

Goldmund · Accepted Answer

0 Dear Guest 02br
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00I do not know this word. I look forward to learning it. Thank you for asking the question. 02br
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00Have a nice weekend. 02br
00Goldmund 0-

CalifJim · Answer

0 A woman was about to pay for a purchase in a department store. She opened her purse and found to her dismay that she had no money. Looking directly at the purse, she said, "O I C U R M T" 02br
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00And I don't know what it's called either! 0-

Guest · Answer

0 I think that's closer to words that come from a letter instead of several letters making up a word. 02br
00U=you 02br
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00vs. 02br
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00tds=tedious 02br
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00but you still get what I mean! 02br
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00come on, English gurus. what is it? 02br
00don't make me send a blind letter to the folks at Oxford! 02br
00lol 0-

Ericupsman · Answer

0 M R ducks 02br
00M R not 02br
00M R too 02br
00C M wangs 02br
00L I B 02br
00M R ducks! 0-

Mister Micawber · Answer

0Logogram? Grammalogue? Phonogram? 02br
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00Oxford's got nothing on us-- we're ubiquitous! 02br
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00PS: ABCD goldfish? LMNO goldfish. OSMR goldfish-- C? 0-

LanguageLover · Answer

0 I searched for it a lot too, all in vain! Unfortunately, it's none of the ones you mentioned Mister Micawber! 02br
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00The definition of a phonogram is: A letter or a set combination of letters that represents one or more single 'voiced' sounds in a given word. 02br
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00log·o·gram ( lô ' g?-gram ' , log ' ?- ) n. A written symbol representing an entire spoken word without expressing its pronunciation 02br
00Gram"*** 02br
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00(gr?m"m&adot;*l&obreve;g), 00n. [Gr. gra`mma letter + lo`gos word. Cf. Logogram.] (Phonography) 00Literally, a letter word; a word represented by a logogram; as, it, represented by |, that is, t. Pitman. 02br
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Guest · Answer

0 Wow! I didn't think it would be this tough! 02br
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00But I figure we're very close to the answer here. 02br
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00Grammalogue is a shorthand that refers to something, like the copyright sign or the ampersand05000which refers to the word "and."02br
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00Logogram is a sign or character that represents a word or idea. Like the red octagon represents the Stop sign in traffic control. 02br
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00A Phonogram has 3 meanings: either it's a graphic curve that depicts the duration of a sound (like the 440 sine wave of the note A on a keyboard [below middle C]) OR it's a written character or symbol that represents a spoken sound (like with hieroglyphics), OR it could be a telegram that the sender dictates over the phone--something that we quit doing in the 60's! 02br
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00hmm...this is one of those situations where the more dead ends I come to, the more I want to know! 02br
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00Keep trying!! 051010id4911id1

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