Anisosquaric definition: good for spam

[golden_labels]

Today after midnight EU time Vsauce posted a video.^(video:1) Thet title is “An ‘Anisosquaric’ Rectangle”. Michael claims that word “anisosquaric” can’t be found on Google.

I checked DDG less than two hours after video’s release. It’s not often we can see word’s deployment on the internet moments after it has been first mentioned. Guess who was the first spammer to pollute search results! Screenshot in the attachment.

^(video:1) Vsauce “An ‘Anisosquaric’ Rectangle” (2025-11-08):
https://www.youtube.com/v/M7hX6117E6E

[Nominal Animal]

It's just another badly made-up word.

For example, anisotropic derives from Ancient Greek, an (negation) + isos (ἴσος, equal) + tropikós (τροπικός, related to turn or change).  In Ancient Greek, square (the geometric shape) is something like tetrágonos (τετραγωνίζω), and right angle is something like orthí gonía (ὀρθὴ γωνία), but I'm not sure what the properly constructed term would be in English; perhaps along the lines of anisotetragonic, anisorthogonic, anisorthotetragonic?

Mixing languages in neologisms is poor form and sounds odd, like throwing stuff together and expecting it'll stick together well.  It's why we use "polyphonic" (Ancient Greek derivation) or "multisonic" (Latin derivation) instead of "polysonic" or "multiphonic" — or "polysoundic" (analogously to Vsauces "anisosquaric").

[golden_labels]

The post is not about the word. The word is only used as an observed object. Could be “fhbvjfba.”

But following the topic you touched: there is nothing wrong with word “anisosquaric.” Natural languages have no rules. There are only observable patterns. Often they don’t apply to all or even majority of native speakers. There is no pattern for English word formation requiring morphemes to come from a single language, or demanding foreign language’s grammar to be followed.

There are no foreign words involved too. I believe you assumed “aniso-” is Greek, but it is not. All three — “square”, “aniso-”, and “-ic” — are English.

The reason you don’t see “polysoundic”, “multisonic” or “polysonic” is not because there are some “rules.” It’s because they never appeared or didn’t gain popularity. Contrary to what you think, “multisonic” and “polysonic” are in use.

Returning to the original topic: 3 hours later LinkedIn also started offering anisosquaric jobs in India. 11 hours later you can buy “ansiosquaric” a waffle makers.

[Nominal Animal]

The post is not about the word.

It's not?  Well, you fooled me there.