Mine is “palimpsest”. I first encountered this word while reading The Secret History by Donna Tartt.

Definition: a manuscript or piece of writing material on which the original writing has been effaced to make room for later writing but of which traces remain.

I love that there’s a word for this.

  • BrerChicken
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    21 year ago

    I’m a big fan of portmanteau, not a hard one but a fun one. And in Spanish the word cuaderno always made me happy, it means “notebook.”