Can you tell if these funny words are real or made up?

Can you figure out if this is a real word?

Yes, “cabotage” is a real word – but, unfortunately, it has nothing to do with sabotaging cabbage (or taxis). Instead, “cabotage” describes trade or transport along a coast or within domestic airspace.

Is “glaretram” a real word?

Sadly, “glaretram” is total nonsense.

Give this one a try!

This one’s another Del Rio News-Herald humour original. If it were real, Reader’s Digest wishes “pregret” would describe the knowledge that you’re going to regret something before you even do it.

What’s your guess for this one?

“Dongle” has a much more sophisticated meaning than you might think. It refers to a device you can plug into a computer to allow certain software to run.

Is this a real word?

Foupe, there it is! This is a fake word – but it did actually show up in a dictionary at one point! In 1755, back when people wrote long S’s, which looked like F’s, a dictionary editor misread “soupe” as “foupe” and mistakenly put the latter in the dictionary. (“Soupe,” in case you’re wondering, is an old-timey synonym for “swoop.”)

Here are 15 real words that were invented by accident.