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# Language Log » The unbearable loss of words
- URL: https://blog.novaugust.net/language-log-the-unbearable-loss-of-words/
- Published: 2012-01-09T15:27:13.000Z
- Updated: 2012-01-23T14:11:10.000Z
- Author: Matt Enlow
- Tags: linguistics, post, #Import 2026-06-21 14:43

And at one point, the man uttered what has to be the most searingly romantic sentence ever uttered in history, by anyone, in any language:

> "You are the hapax legomenon of my life."

via [Language Log » The unbearable loss of words](http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=3697&ref=blog.novaugust.net).