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count⋅er⋅word

  [koun-ter-wurd]
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–noun
1. a word, often of short-lived popularity, widely used as an almost meaningless, automatic response.
2. a word that has come to be used with a meaning much less specific than that which it had originally, as swell, awful, or terrific.
Origin:
1670–80; counter 1 + word
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Main Entry:  counter-word
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  See counterword
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