lipogram
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A text that avoids using one or more letters
- noun
- /ˈlɪpəˌɡræm/
- Literature
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lipograma
- Perec is nothing if not international. Perec used his subsequent German radio plays to make further experiments with form, and of course invented many very difficult constraints for his writing in French, from the "simple" lipogram of A Void to the immensely complex structures of Life: A User's Manual ten years later.
Examples
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Writing a lipogram can be a fun exercise for authors looking to push their linguistic boundaries.
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A lipogram is a creative writing challenge where the author avoids using one or more specific letters.
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And then just to show off, he starts writing lipograms within the lipogram.
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Lipograms
Academic text (2010) -
For an even greater cerebral challenge, try a lipogram—a work that deliberately excludes one or more letters of the alphabet.
Academic text (2010) -
The novel was an impressive lipogram that excluded the letter 'e' throughout its chapters.
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word lipogram comes from old Greek parts leipō ('to leave out') and gramma ('letter'). So a lipogram is a written piece that 'leaves out' one or more letters, and the gramma part is the same root you see in telegram ('written message').