Translations:Nineteen Eighty-Four/12/en
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| Pronunciation | /ˈo |
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| Usage | 2023: Obscure (5% → ) Most speakers don't understand this word.2022: Obscure (5%)
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| Book and era | No book (post-pu) |
| Part of speech | Content word |
owe is an obscure joke word used to satirize Orwellian and totalitarian concepts and accusations. It was coined by nano in 2021.[1] Its sitelen pona glyph (owe) is derived from the glyph for lukin with emitters above, representing the global surveillance of the fictional Oceanian government in Nineteen Eighty-Four.
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