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Noun
1

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.

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so counterwords
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Rhyming Words
ord gord tord lord kord ford mord sord cord nord word bord fiord fjord soord dword chord noord exord oword
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