Counterror (CT)

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On 6/9/06, Bapopik at aol.com <Bapopik at aol.com> wrote:
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> Counterror--1,610 Google hits
> ...
> "Counterror" is not in the OED. It's not "count error," but "counter
> terror." The abbreviation is CT (not Connecticut).

I believe that's what they call a haplogy, uh, haplology.


--Ben Zimmer

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