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Nonsense Words Used for
Rhyme Out of Total Nonsense Words
1930s: 1/54, 1940s: 4/86,
1950s: 34/166, 1960s: 17/107, 1970s: 71/186, 1980s: 12/69, 1990s: 0/4
Nonsense Words Used as
Novel Objects of Total Nonsense Words
1930s: 0/54, 1940s: 42/86,
1950s: 44/166, 1960s: 12/107, 1970s: 30/186, 1980s: 12/69, 1990s: 4/4
Nonsense Words Used as
Proper Nouns of Total Nonsense Words
1930s: 35/54, 1940s: 37/86,
1950s: 81/166, 1960s: 69/107, 1970s: 48/186, 1980s: 41/69, 1990s: 0/4
Nonsense Words Used
for Unknown Reasons Out of Total Nonsense Words
1930s: 18/54,
1940s: 3/86, 1950s: 7/166, 1960s: 9/107, 1970s: 37/186, 1980s: 4/69, 1990s:
0/4
Click a part of speech in the legend to toggle specific number values for each decade.
*As per the schema, some nonsense words can have multiple functions. These were settled on a case-by-case basis, attributing the function to rhyme or novel object most frequently in order to avoid double-counting.
Noun Nonsense Words Out of
Total Nonsense Words
1930s: 35/54, 1940s: 74/86, 1950s: 148/166,
1960s: 80/107, 1970s: 104/186, 1980s: 62/69, 1990s: 2/4
Verb Nonsense Words Out of
Total Nonsense Words
1930s: 1/54, 1940s: 2/86, 1950s: 3/166,
1960s: 3/107, 1970s: 14/186, 1980s: 2/69, 1990s: 0/4
Adjective Nonsense Words
Out of Total Nonsense Words
1930s: 0/54, 1940s: 5/86, 1950s:
8/166, 1960s: 19/107, 1970s: 30/186, 1980s: 2/69, 1990s: 2/4
Adverb Nonsense Words Out
of Total Nonsense Words
1930s: 0/54, 1940s: 0/86, 1950s: 1/166,
1960s: 0/107, 1970s: 0/186, 1980s: 0/69, 1990s: 0/4
Determiner Nonsense Words
Out of Total Nonsense Words
1930s: 0/54, 1940s: 0/86, 1950s:
0/166, 1960s: 0/107, 1970s: 0/186, 1980s: 0/69, 1990s: 0/4
Onomatopoeia Nonsense
Words Out of Total Nonsense Words
1930s: 9/54, 1940s: 2/86,
1950s: 3/166, 1960s: 1/107, 1970s: 38/186, 1980s: 3/69, 1990s: 0/4
Interjection Nonsense Words
Out of Total Nonsense Words
1930s: 1/54, 1940s: 0/86, 1950s:
3/166, 1960s: 0/107, 1970s: 0/186, 1980s: 0/69, 1990s: 0/4
Nonsense Words with
Unknown PoS Out of Total Nonsense Words
1930s: 8/54, 1940s:
3/86, 1950s: 0/166, 1960s: 4/107, 1970s: 0/186, 1980s: 0/69, 1990s: 0/4
Click a part of speech in the legend to toggle specific number values for each decade.
The above graphs display the determined functions and parts of speech for the
nonsense words appearing in the works of Dr. Seuss from the 1930s through the 1990s.
The data is displayed by decade, meaning that each bar represents all of the
nonsense words used by Dr. Seuss in a given ten year span. There is neither a
noticeable trend nor shift in the functions and parts of speech of the nonsense
words across the decades; however, it is clear that Dr. Seuss primarily used
nonsense words for naming things, such as Thing 1
and Thing 2,
whether
they be proper names or objects novel to a text. This correlates the data in both
graphs because, as expected, a high usage of nonsense names also indicates an
abundance of nonsense nouns throughout the corpus. These nonsense names also bring
rise to other nonsense parts of speech, such as grinchish,
an adjective
derived from the nonsense proper noun, Grinch.
| Metadata | Nonsense Words | Nonsense Nouns | Total Words | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Title | Year | Type | Genre | Distinct | Total | Type Token | Distinct | Total | Type Token | Distinct | Total | Type Token |
| And To Think I saw it on Mulberry Street | 1937 | moral | rhyme | 0 | 0 | [none] | 0 | 0 | [none] | 329 | 856 | 38% |
| The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins | 1938 | literacy | prose | 20 | 54 | 37% | 6 | 35 | 17% | 898 | 4051 | 22% |
| Horton Hatches the Egg | 1940 | moral | rhyme | 0 | 0 | [none] | 0 | 0 | [none] | 461 | 1497 | 31% |
| Thidwick,The Big-Hearted Moose | 1948 | moral | rhyme | 11 | 39 | 28% | 6 | 32 | 19% | 486 | 1384 | 35% |
| Bartholomew and the Oobleck | 1949 | moral | prose | 13 | 47 | 28% | 8 | 42 | 19% | 767 | 2978 | 26% |
| Horton Hears a Who | 1954 | moral | rhyme | 16 | 38 | 42% | 12 | 32 | 38% | 631 | 2075 | 30% |
| On Beyond Zebra | 1955 | literacy | rhyme | 10 | 11 | 91% | 10 | 11 | 91% | 241 | 580 | 42% |
| How the Grinch Stole Christmas | 1957 | moral | rhyme | 15 | 68 | 22% | 11 | 58 | 19% | 454 | 1392 | 33% |
| The Cat in the Hat | 1957 | moral | rhyme | 3 | 20 | 15% | 3 | 20 | 15% | 278 | 1579 | 18% |
| The Cat in the Hat Comes Back | 1958 | moral | rhyme | 2 | 9 | 22% | 2 | 7 | 29% | 293 | 1677 | 17% |
| Yertle the Turtle | 1958 | moral | rhyme | 2 | 20 | 10% | 2 | 20 | 10% | 315 | 987 | 32% |
| One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish | 1960 | literacy | rhyme | 0 | 0 | [none] | 0 | 0 | [none] | 104 | 250 | 42% |
| Green Eggs and Ham | 1960 | literacy | rhyme | 1 | 13 | 8% | 1 | 13 | 8% | 63 | 793 | 8% |
| What Was I Scared Of? | 1961 | moral | rhyme | 7 | 11 | 64% | 6 | 8 | 75% | 235 | 525 | 45% |
| Too Many Daves | 1961 | literacy | rhyme | 19 | 19 | 100% | 19 | 19 | 100% | 117 | 220 | 53% |
| Hop on Pop? by Dr. Seuss | 1963 | literacy | rhyme | 4 | 4 | 100% | 0 | 0 | [none] | 145 | 384 | 38% |
| Fox in Socks | 1965 | literacy | rhyme | 11 | 49 | 22% | 4 | 30 | 13% | 217 | 888 | 24% |
| Dr. Seuss ABC | 1965 | literacy | rhyme | 11 | 11 | 100% | 10 | 10 | 100% | 248 | 363 | 68% |
| Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? | 1970 | literacy | rhyme | 4 | 36 | 11% | 0 | 0 | [none] | 125 | 376 | 33% |
| The Lorax | 1971 | moral | prose | 36 | 109 | 33% | 16 | 63 | 25% | 674 | 1861 | 36% |
| Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now! | 1972 | literacy | rhyme | 6 | 12 | 50% | 6 | 12 | 50% | 84 | 265 | 32% |
| There's a Wocket in my Pocket | 1974 | literacy | prose | 28 | 29 | 97% | 28 | 29 | 97% | 141 | 294 | 48% |
| The Butter Battle | 1984 | moral | rhyme | 30 | 69 | 43% | 23 | 62 | 37% | 541 | 1432 | 38% |
| Oh, the Places You'll Go! | 1990 | moral | rhyme | 4 | 4 | 100% | 2 | 2 | 100% | 368 | 960 | 38% |
| Metadata | Nonsense | Word Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moral | Literacy | Prose | Rhyme | Distinct | Total | Distinct | Total |
| 13 | 11 | 4 | 20 | 249 | 672 | 3,616 | 27,745 |
| Nouns | Verbs | Adjective | Adverb | Determiner | Onomatopoeia | Interjection | Unknown | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distinct | Total | Distinct | Total | Distinct | Total | Distinct | Total | Distinct | Total | Distinct | Total | Distinct | Total | Distinct | Total |
| 172 | 505 | 18 | 25 | 27 | 66 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 56 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 15 |
| Rhyme | Novel Object | Proper Name | Unknown | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distinct | Total | Distinct | Total | Distinct | Total | Distinct | Total |
| 26 | 53 | 59 | 142 | 69 | 311 | 46 | 78 |
One measure used in our research was Type Token Ratio (TTR). TTR looks at written or spoken word frequency. Here, the focus was on written word frequency.
Word total counts were calculated in xQuery to count distinct and total word in the 24 works in the corpus. The individual or distinct words are the type. The total count of words in a work is the token. The ratio is the result of dividing the type by token. The greater the number of types to tokens means there is more lexical variety. Low TTRs show little lexical variation. In literature geared towards to children a low TTR is expected. For beginning readers words should repeat at a high frequency.
The 24 individual Seuss books selected in our corpus had a mean TTR of 34%, a minimum of 8% and a maximum of 68%. Looking at all books at once, the TTR was 13%. This suggests the language used is simplistic. The TTR is low because of repetition. It might have been useful to include the standardized type token ratio, to look at each set of 2,000 words, and from there calculate the mean standardized TTR.1
Looking at the use of nonsense within the books, it appears nonsense words once used are repeated frequently, though rarely between books. The TTR mean across the 24 works for nonsense, is 49%. Looking at the summary data, of the 672 total nonsense words, 249 of them are unique for an overall TTR of 37%. The nonsense words when categorized by part of speech were typically classified as nouns with a TTR of 34%.
| Nonsense | Total Words |
|---|---|
| 37% | 13% |
| Nouns | Verbs | Adjective | Adverb | Determiner | Onomatopoeia | Interjection | Unknown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34% | 72% | 41% | 100% | [none] | 32% | 50% | 100% |
| Rhyme | Novel Object | Proper Name | Unknown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 49% | 42% | 22% | 59% |
The initial hypothesis wanted to see if there was an increase in nonsense word use over time. An Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was performed in the program Statistical Analysis System (SAS). The ANOVA was run to see the impact of the independent variable of time in relation to the total nonsense word. Several time variables were created. First, a variable was created for decades of publication. Then a variable was created to split the corpus into two time periods. Time 1 included all works from 1954 and earlier; Time 2 included works after 1954 to 1990. The initial ANOVA’s results were not found to be significant.
| Source | DF | Anova SS | Mean Square | F Value | Pr > F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decade | 6 | 4761.571429 | 793.595238 | 1.10 | 0.4022 |
Below is a box plot of the distribution of Total Nonsense by Decade.
The results from the time period analysis were also not significant.
| Source | DF | Anova SS | Mean Square | F Value | Pr > F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decade | 1 | 9.88235294 | 9.88235294 | 0.01 | 0.9110 |
Below is a box plot of the varibles Time 1 and Time 2 by Total Nonsense.
Next, a General Linear Model (GLM) was run to see if any of the other independent metadata variables had an influence on the use of nonsense words. This looked at the interactions between Time (1 and 2), Genre (literacy and moral) and Type (prose or rhyme). The data was not normally distributed, but it did show variance.
| Levene's Test for Homogeneity of T_N Variance | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANOVA of Squared Deviations from Group Means | |||||
| Source | DF | Sum of Squares | Mean Square | F Value | Pr > F |
| new | 2 | 678941 | 339470 | 1.64 | 0.2242 |
| Error | 16 | 3303804 | 206488 | ||
The test produced a significant finding with the variables of Total Nonsense and Genre. This may have been skewed because out of the 24 works, only 4 were tagged as prose.
| Genre | T_N LSMEAN | Standard Error | Pr > |t| |
|---|---|---|---|
| prose | 59.75 | 11.201408 | <.0001 |
| rhyme | 19.2410714 | 6.9001426 | 0.0131 |
The results of the analysis show there was no significant increase in the use of nonsense words over time. Our results could have been influence by our sample, which only included 44% of the entire Seuss corpus. Also, the works we selected were those available online in various text formats. Most were taken from educational pages, which could have influenced the results.
| Free Lexical | Free Functional | Bound Derivational | Bound Inflectional |
|---|---|---|---|
| 301 | 3 | 20 | 10 |
| Word | Part of Speech | Types of Morphemes |
|---|---|---|
| bang - bing ing | v | Free Lexical, Free Lexical, Bound Derivational |
| bang - bounc ing | v | Free Lexical, Free Lexical, Bound Derivational |
| Bar-ba-loot | adj | Free Lexical |
| Bar-ba-loot s | n | Free Lexical, Bound Inflectional |
| Bather | unknown | Free Lexical |
| beezle - nut | n | Free Lexical, Free Lexical |
| BELLAR | n | Free Lexical |
| Biffalo Buff | n | Free Lexical, Free Lexical |
| BIG - BOY BOOMEROO | n | Free Lexical, Free Lexical, Free Lexical |
| Big - Boy Boomeroo | n | Free Lexical, Free Lexical, Free Lexical |
| bigg er ed | v | Free Lexical, Bound Inflectional, Bound Derivational |
| BIGG ER ING | v | Free Lexical, Bound Derivational, Bound Derivational |
| bigg er ing | v | Free Lexical, Bound Inflectional, Bound Derivational |
| Bim | n | Free Lexical |
| Bingle | adj | Free Lexical |
| bipp ing | v | Free Lexical, Bound Derivational |
| Bit sy Big - Boy Boomeroo | n | Free Lexical, Bound Derivational, Free Lexical, Free Lexical, Free Lexical |
| blibber | n | Free Lexical |
| Blinkey | n | Free Lexical |
| Blurp | onom | Free Lexical |
| Bodkin Van Horn | n | Free Lexical |
| BOFA | n | Free Lexical |
| Boom - Bah | onom | Free Lexical, Free Lexical |
| Boom - Blitz | n | Free Lexical, Free Lexical |
| boom-pah s | n | Free Lexical, Bound Inflectional |
| bop ulous | adj | Free Lexical, Bound Inflectional |
| Brickle | adj | Free Lexical |
| brickle s | n | Free Lexical, Bound Inflectional |
| Bumble - Boat | n | Free Lexical, Free Lexical |
| chimbley | n | Free Lexical |
| crufful ous | adj | Free Lexical, Bound Derivational |
| Crunk - Car | n | Free Lexical, Free Lexical |
| dark ed | v | Free Lexical, Bound Derivational |
| DELLAR | n | Free Lexical |
| Derwin | n | Free Lexical |
| Dibble | n | Free Lexical |
| Didd | n | Free Lexical |
| Didd | n | Free Lexical |
| Diddle - dee - Dill | onom | Free Lexical, Free Lexical, Free Lexical |
| Dopp | onom | Free Lexical |
| Doubt - trout | n | Free Lexical, Free Lexical |
| duck - dog | n | Free Lexical, Free Lexical |
| duddl ed | v | Free Lexical, Bound Derivational |
| Eiffelberg | n | Free Lexical |
| fall - ish | n | Free Lexical, Bound Derivational |
| Fiffer-feffer-feff | n | Free Lexical |
| figg er ing | v | Free Lexical, Bound Derivational, Bound Derivational |
| figger | v | Free Lexical |
| Fista | unknown | Free Lexical |
| Flupp | onom | Free Lexical |
| Fotich es | n | Free Lexical, Bound Inflectional |
| freez y | adj | Free Lexical, Bound Derivational |
| Freez y | adj | Free Lexical, Bound Derivational |
| fuddl ed | v | Free Lexical, Bound Derivational |
| G—r—r—zapp | onom | Free Lexical |
| G—r—r—zibb | onom | Free Lexical |
| G~r—r—zopp | onom | Free Lexical |
| Ga - Zoom | onom | Bound Derivational, Free Lexical |
| ga - Zump | onom | Bound Derivational, Free Lexical |
| GEELING | n | Free Lexical |
| GELLAR | n | Free Lexical |
| GHAIR | n | Free Lexical |
| Giddap | onom | Free Lexical |
| gleap | v | Free Lexical |
| Gloing | onom | Free Lexical |
| Glue y | adj | Free Lexical, Bound Derivational |
| GLUGG | onom | Free Lexical |
| glump ing | v | Free Lexical, Bound Derivational |
| Glupp ity - Glup | n | Free Lexical, Bound Derivational, Free Lexical |
| Glupp ity - Glupp | n | Free Lexical, Bound Derivational, Free Lexical |
| Goo - Goose | n | Free Lexical, Free Lexical |
| googoo | onom | Free Lexical |
| Grickle | adj | Free Lexical |
| Grin-itch | adj | Free Lexical |
| Grinch | n | Free Lexical |
| GRINCH | n | Free Lexical |
| grinch | n | Free Lexical |
| grinch ish ly | adv | Free Lexical, Bound Derivational, Bound Derivational |
| Grinch y | adj | Free Lexical, Bound Derivational |
| Grum | onom | Free Lexical |
| gruvv ulous | adj | Free Lexical, Bound Derivational |
| gupp | n | Free Lexical |
| Hakken-Krak s | n | Free Lexical, Bound Inflectional |
| Harris Tweed | n | Free Lexical, Free Lexical |
| he three tree bee | unknown | Free Lexical, Free Lexical, Free Lexical, Free Lexical |
| Hernan | n | Free Lexical |
| Hoos-Foos | n | Free Lexical |
| Humm ing - Fish | n | Free Lexical, Bound Derivational, Free Lexical |
| Humpf ed | v | Free Lexical, Bound Inflectional |
| humpft ed | v | Free Lexical, Bound Inflectional |
| JERTAIN | n | Free Lexical |
| Jigg er - Rock Snatch em | n | Free Lexical, Bound Derivational, Free Lexical, Free Lexical, Bound Derivational |
| Kick - a - Poo Kid | n | Free Lexical, Free Functional, Free Lexical, Free Lexical |
| Kick - a - Poo Spaniel | n | Free Lexical, Free Functional, Free Lexical, Free Lexical |
| Klay | n | Free Lexical |
| klupp - klupp | onom | Free Lexical, Free Lexical |
| klupp ed | v | Free Lexical, Bound Derivational |
| Knox | n | Free Lexical |
| Lerkim | n | Free Lexical |
| lop ulous | adj | Free Lexical, Bound Inflectional |
| Lopp | n | Free Lexical |
| Lorax | n | Free Lexical |
| Malber | unknown | Free Lexical |
| Marvin O ' Gravel Balloon Face | n | Free Lexical, Bound Inflectional, Free Lexical, Free Lexical, Free Lexical |
| Mc Cave | n | Bound Derivational, Free Lexical |
| Mc Cave s | n | Bound Derivational, Free Lexical, Bound Inflectional |
| miff - muff er ed | adj | Free Lexical, Free Lexical, Bound Derivational, Bound Derivational |
| mind - make r - upp er | n | Free Lexical, Free Lexical, Bound Derivational, Free Lexical, Bound Derivational |
| mista-cuff | unknown | Free Lexical |
| Miz Yookie - Ann Sue | n | Free Lexical, Free Lexical, Free Lexical, Free Lexical |
| Moo - Lacka - Moo | n | Free Lexical, Free Lexical, Free Lexical |
| moof | n | Free Lexical |
| moose - moss | n | Free Lexical, Free Lexical |
| moose moss | n | Free Lexical, Free Lexical |
| Nadd | n | Free Lexical |
| Nadd | n | Free Lexical |
| Neeka-tave | n | Free Lexical |
| Neekatave | n | Free Lexical |
| NELLAR | n | Free Lexical |
| NINK | n | Free Lexical |
| Nitch | n | Free Lexical |
| Nixie Nox | n | Free Lexical |
| Nool | n | Free Lexical |
| NOOTH GRUSH | n | Free Lexical |
| NUPBOARD S | n | Free Lexical, Bound Inflectional |
| NUREAU | n | Free Lexical |
| Oliver Boliver Butt | n | Free Lexical, Free Lexical, Free Lexical |
| Once - ler | n | Free Lexical, Bound Derivational |
| Oobleck | n | Free Lexical |
| oobleck | n | Free Lexical |
| OOBLECK | n | Free Lexical |
| oobleck ' s | n | Free Lexical, Bound Inflectional |
| Paris Garter s | n | Free Lexical, Free Lexical, Bound Inflectional |
| pat pup pop | unknown | Free Lexical, Free Lexical, Free Lexical |
| Poo - a - Doo Powder | n | Free Lexical, Free Functional, Free Lexical, Free Lexical |
| puzzl er | n | Free Lexical, Bound Inflectional |
| quack er - oo | n | Free Lexical, Bound Inflectional, Bound Inflectional |
| QUAN | n | Free Lexical |
| QUIMNEY | n | Free Lexical |
| ripp ulous | adj | Free Lexical, Bound Derivational |
| Roov er | n | Free Lexical, Bound Derivational |
| Sala-ma-goo | n | Free Lexical |
| Sala-ma-Sond | n | Free Lexical |
| Sam - I - am | n | Free Lexical, Free Lexical, Free Lexical |
| Schlopp ity - Schlopp | n | Free Lexical, Bound Derivational, Free Lexical |
| Screebee s | int | Free Lexical, Bound Inflectional |
| see he me we | unknown | Free Lexical, Free Lexical, Free Lexical, Free Lexical |
| Shadrack | n | Free Lexical |
| Sir Michael Carmichael Zutt | n | Free Lexical, Free Lexical, Free Lexical, Free Lexical |
| SLUPP | onom | Free Lexical |
| slupp s | v | Free Lexical, Bound Inflectional |
| small - ish | adj | Free Lexical, Bound Derivational |
| smog ulous | adj | Free Lexical, Bound Derivational |
| smoke - smugg er ed | adj | Free Lexical, Free Lexical, Bound Derivational, Bound Derivational |
| snarggl ed | v | Free Lexical, Bound Inflectional |
| Sneepy | n | Free Lexical |
| snerg elly | adj | Free Lexical, Bound Derivational |
| Snick - Berry Switch | n | Free Lexical, Free Lexical, Free Lexical |
| Snide | n | Free Lexical |
| Snide - field | n | Free Lexical, Free Lexical |
| Snimm | n | Free Lexical |
| Snipp s | n | Free Lexical, Bound Inflectional |
| Snuvv | n | Free Lexical |
| Soggy Muff | n | Free Lexical, Free Lexical |
| Sputter | n | Free Lexical |
| Stich | n | Free Lexical |
| Stinkey | n | Free Lexical |
| Super - Axe - Hack er | n | Free Lexical, Free Lexical, Free Lexical, Bound Inflectional |
| Swomee | adj | Free Lexical |
| TELLAR | n | Free Lexical |
| Thidwick | n | Free Lexical |
| Thing One | n | Free Lexical, Free Functional |
| Thing s | n | Free Lexical, Bound Inflectional |
| Thing Two | n | Free Lexical, Free Functional |
| Thneed | n | Free Lexical |
| Thneed s | n | Free Lexical, Bound Inflectional |
| Tidder | unknown | Free Lexical |
| Tinkibus | n | Free Lexical |
| top hop stop | unknown | Free Lexical, Free Lexical, Free Lexical |
| Trip le - Sling Jig er | n | Free Lexical, Bound Derivational, Free Lexical, Free Lexical, Bound Derivational |
| trip le - sling jigg er | n | Free Lexical, Bound Derivational, Free Lexical, Free Lexical, Bound Derivational |
| Truffula | adj | Free Lexical |
| Tudd | n | Free Lexical |
| tuttle-tuttle tree | n | Free Lexical, Free Lexical |
| tweet le | adj | Free Lexical, Bound Derivational |
| Ubb | n | Free Lexical |
| UM | n | Free Lexical |
| Um | n | Free Lexical |
| Umbus | n | Free Lexical |
| Un - slump ing | v | Bound Inflectional, Free Lexical, Bound Derivational |
| Utter ly Sputter | n | Free Lexical, Bound Derivational, Free Lexical |
| Van Itch | n | Free Lexical, Free Lexical |
| Vinn | n | Free Lexical |
| Vlad-i-koff | n | Free Lexical |
| VOOM | n | Free Lexical |
| Voom | n | Free Lexical |
| VUG | n | Free Lexical |
| Waldo Woo | n | Free Lexical, Free Lexical |
| WASKET | n | Free Lexical |
| Weep y Weed | n | Free Lexical, Bound Derivational, Free Lexical |
| WELLAR | n | Free Lexical |
| Whisper - ma - Phone | n | Free Lexical, Free Lexical, Free Lexical |
| whizz - zing er one | n | Free Lexical, Free Lexical, Bound Inflectional, Free Lexical |
| Who | n | Free Lexical |
| Who - Christmas - Sing | n | Free Lexical, Free Lexical, Free Lexical |
| Who - hash | n | Free Lexical, Free Lexical |
| Who - pudding | n | Free Lexical, Free Lexical |
| Who - roast | n | Free Lexical, Free Lexical |
| Who - ville | n | Free Lexical, Free Lexical |
| Who s | n | Free Lexical, Bound Inflectional |
| Wickersham | n | Free Lexical |
| Winkibus | n | Free Lexical |
| Winna-Bango | n | Free Lexical |
| Winna-Bango | n | Free Lexical |
| wista | unknown | Free Lexical |
| WOSET | n | Free Lexical |
| wuddl ed | v | Free Lexical, Bound Inflectional |
| WUM | n | Free Lexical |
| Wum | n | Free Lexical |
| Wumbus | n | Free Lexical |
| YEP S | n | Free Lexical, Bound Inflectional |
| Yertle | n | Free Lexical |
| yipp | n | Free Lexical |
| Yook s | n | Free Lexical, Bound Inflectional |
| Yookeroo | n | Free Lexical |
| Yopp | int | Free Lexical |
| YOT | n | Free Lexical |
| YOTTLE | n | Free Lexical |
| YUZZ | n | Free Lexical |
| YUZZ-a-ma-TUZZ | n | Free Lexical |
| ZABLE | n | Free Lexical |
| ZALL | n | Free Lexical |
| ZAMP | n | Free Lexical |
| Zanzibar Buck - Buck Mc Fate | n | Free Lexical, Free Lexical, Free Lexical, Bound Inflectional, Free Lexical |
| ZELF | n | Free Lexical |
| Ziggy | n | Free Lexical |
| Zike - Bike | n | Free Lexical, Free Lexical |
| ZILLOW | n | Free Lexical |
| Zinn-a-zu | adj | Free Lexical |
| Zizzer-Zazzer-Zuzz | n | Free Lexical |
| ZLOCK | n | Free Lexical |
| Zook | n | Free Lexical |
| Zook s | n | Free Lexical, Bound Inflectional |
| ZOWER | n | Free Lexical |
| Zumble - Zay | n | Free Lexical, Free Lexical |