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Podcast: The Jimmy Olsen Radio Network
Episode: Nosism
Description:
Nosism [nah-si-zΙm]
Part of speech: noun
Origin: Latin, 19th century
1. The use of a first-person plural pronoun (such as βweβ) instead of a first-person singular pronoun (such as βIβ) to refer to oneself.
Examples of nosism in a sentence
"We could tell our AirBnB host was a character from his use of nosism and the way he referred to the condo as βThe Manor.β"
"These days, using what is called βthe royal weβ is so uncommon that anyone who lapses into nosism sounds affected."
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