cutthroat compound
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cutthroat compound
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Coined by editor and linguist Brianne Hughes in the 2010s, as cutthroat is an example of the class of compound words. Compare cranberry morpheme, eggcorn, Hobson-Jobson, mondegreen.
noun cutthroat compounds
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A compound word formed of a transitive verb and a noun; an (usually exocentric) agentive-instrumental verb-noun compound.
But not for the compounds I study — the fun ones! — which are called agentive and instrumental exocentric verb-noun compounds. Now, for the rest of the talk I'm going to be calling them cutthroat compounds, so don't worry about that.
Similar: cutthroat, turncoat compound
Talk about this word "cutthroat compound." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cutthroat%20compound. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. cutthroat compound. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cutthroat%20compound "cutthroat compound." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cutthroat%20compound.Cite this
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title = {cutthroat compound},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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