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1. godels+UD1[view] [source] 2020-05-14 06:55:28
>>turtle+(OP)
I'm not understanding the praise this is getting. The words I've seen are very clearly wrong and do not match how English words are made. Some examples:

> méxis: an obsessive or revelatory pursuit

No comment....

> heelbark: a red braid fastened to a man's hat so as to prevent heeling

Unless you put your hat on your shoes, you're on the wrong end of the body.

> transgate: raise the value of (something, especially money) by expanding its capacity to become transactions or funds.

What's that even mean?

>noress: a unit of electric charge equal to one nanosecond

Where's the Coulombs? Who is J̶o̶h̶n̶ ̶G̶a̶l̶t̶ Noress?

Additionally I'm seeing words that either exist or are natural permutations/mispellings. Example:

> monucleotides, but mononucleotides are a real thing.

Additionally, the example sentences are just as crazy. Maybe I'm having bad luck. There are some good hits, but the majority of them appear pretty tashy (this is a crazy difficult problem!)

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2. Cathed+d32[view] [source] 2020-05-14 10:38:57
>>godels+UD1
How are English words made?
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3. yosito+dv2[view] [source] 2020-05-14 14:00:06
>>Cathed+d32
I'm not a linguist, but typically words evolve as memes and/or follow etymological patterns made up of root words. It's very rare that they're plausible sounding gibberish attached to plausible arbitrary meanings. This generator seems like it's in the "uncanny valley".... They're all somewhat plausible immitations of words, but the fact that they're not natural can be felt.
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4. Cathed+sB2[view] [source] 2020-05-14 14:29:47
>>yosito+dv2
Totally agree with all of that. It's probably a matter of outlook; I expect and enjoy some weird uncanny valleying from a humorous ML generator.
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