The Mysterious ‘Ghost Words’ That Sneak Into Dictionaries at Night

Pour one out for “Dord” and her ghostly friends.

There once was a word that never existed, except in our hearts, and the Merriam-Webster dictionary. Her name was Dord, and she had a strikingly offbeat way about her, like Dorp (n. a small village or hamlet) and Adorkable (Zooey Deschanel, usually). Those who saw her or…