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This move sparked a second wave of controversy. Linguists and journalists, such as Vusal Mammadov, argued that companies were adopting "nonsense" words born from internet jokes rather than consulting actual philologists. The National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan eventually clarified that "ipezor" is not an official word in the national dictionary and remains a non-standard neologism. Alternatives and the Future of the Word

The word is a compound of two Azerbaijani roots: (string/rope) and "zor" (force or power). Literally translated, it describes an object that "applies force to the rope"—a functional description of how a clothespin grips laundry on a line. ipezor

Despite the mockery, "ipezor" made a surprising leap from the internet into the real world. In early 2023, several supermarket chains in Azerbaijan began using "ipezor" on price tags and product labels. This move sparked a second wave of controversy