Decades ago, somebody submitted the entry D as an abbreviation for density to Webster's Dictionary. Since it can be capitalized or uncapitalized, they wrote "D or d - density". That got misread as "dord", and entered into the dictionary as such. It took years for the error to get discovered.
I read about this on the Merriam Webster website awhile back and can't find the original link, but the Wikipedia article sums it up fine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dord
I read about this on the Merriam Webster website awhile back and can't find the original link, but the Wikipedia article sums it up fine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dord
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