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by agmater 116 days ago
In Dutch we indeed happily do this even for English loanwords like "creditcard" or something more obscure like "lockpick". When in doubt, remove the space.
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That happens often with domain names, but then you get expertsexchange.com, penisland.net, whorepresents.com, therapistfinder.com, a Dutch pre-match analysis site voorspel.nl, or a site about the game overspel.nl.

Peter Norvig - The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Data

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvDCzhbjYWs&t=1477s

Not to mention Tobias Fünke’s analyst + therapist web site, analrapist.com.

I'm such a simple man. Can't help but laugh out loud everytime I see these examples mentioned.
Added Dutch "creditcard" as another example. Thanks