Idioms such as "red herring" are listemes, as are irregular forms such as "geese".
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Listeme
//ˈlɪstiːm//
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A memorized chunk is sometimes called a listeme, that is, an item that has to be memorized as part of a list; one can argue that this book ought to have been called Listemes and Rules.
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