👉 Clownade, in the context of linguistics and semantics, refers to a type of lexical item that is used as a placeholder for an unknown word or phrase. In other words, it serves as a placeholder meaning "a word that is not actually part of the intended meaning" (as opposed to simply being a temporary place holder). For example, in the sentence "The cat sat on the mat," the term "clownade" could be used as a placeholder for the word "
