Dord

A former ghost word, adopted by Nendoics to mean their religious text.

Have you read the parables in the Dord?

by Rendered useless December 11, 2022

Dord

A unit of density approximately equal to 23.6 grams per cubic centimeter. It first appeared in the 1934 edition of the Merrian-Webster Dictionary.

This substance has a density of 50 grams per cubic centimeter, or about 2.1 dords.

by ssvbxx April 23, 2023

Dord

An accidental letter meant to be D or d meaning abbreviation for density but then got misread and put in the dictionary as Dord. It has since been taken out.

Dord is a topic Vsauce has discussed.

by Jon Jacob Jingleheimer Schmit July 26, 2022

dord

Defined simply as density in the New International Dictionary, however later being named as a mistake. The real word was D or d, (d) meaning density.

Person 1: We're studying dord in science!
Person 2: You mean d or d? That spelling was an error in a dictionary.

by Anymonoymonous November 29, 2022

Dord

Originally bieng a misspelling of D or d meaning Density, it is used as a term to describe false words that are made up, either on the spot from shock or from misspellings that have vague meanings.

Most of Gen Z slang is all dord. What does bussin even mean?

by -Beelzebub- March 21, 2022

DORD

Noun: A DORD is an acronym used in a creative writing context, which stands for "Department of Redundancy Department". It is a shorthand way of referencing areas in a draft that may need cleaning or tightening up in a future edit, but for now it is fine to leave the sentence as is and go back to edit later.

The critique partner said, "I think that's a DORD. I'll leave you a comment." With a laugh and some banter back and forth from the other members of the critique group, they highlighted the sentence and saved a comment in the Google Doc.

by ThinkBookMan April 19, 2024