Dord.
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Hey, Vsauce. Michael here In 1934 Webster's dictionary gave birth to a new word by mistake. Their chemistry editor Austin N Paterson submitted a simple entry: "D or D abbreviation for density". Nothing wrong with that, but the entry was misread and 'dord' was added to the dictionary. 'Dord' was an accidental word for thirteen years before the mistake was discovered and its wordship revoked. Let's have fun with words today, but first, what's the deal with first? Or for that matter, second? If you were in position three you're in third place. Position 5, fifth. Position 197 one hundred and ninety-seventh. Pretty simple. So why do positions 1 and 2 give us first and second? Shouldn't they be 'oneth' an...
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Hey, Vsauce. Michael here In 1934 Webster's dictionary gave birth to a new word by mistake. Their chemistry editor Austin N Paterson submitted a simple entry: "D or D abbreviation for density". Nothing wrong with that, but the entry was misread and 'dord' was added to the dictionary. 'Dord' was an accidental word for thirteen years before the mistake was discovered and its wordship revoked. Let's have fun with words today, but first, what's the deal with first? Or for that matter, second? If you were in position three you're in third place. Position 5, fifth. Position 197 one hundred and ninety-seventh. Pretty simple. So why do positions 1 and 2 give us first and second? Shouldn't they be 'oneth' an...
