Dark and Ghost

Dark

Dark noun - A time or place of little or no light.

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Ghost and dark are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ghost" instead a noun "Dark".

Nearby Words: darken, darkness, darkened, darkening, darkly

Ghost noun - The soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people.

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Dark and ghost are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dark" instead a noun "Ghost".

Nearby Words: ghostly, ghosted, ghosting

human	human dark	human ghost
good	good dark	good ghost
female	female dark	female ghost
complete	complete dark	complete ghost
Other adjectives: original, half, single, evil, little, ancient, new, final, last, giant, resident, terrifying.

Note that this exact example is not uncommon, and that while Dark and Ghost are both super effective against Psychic, the opponent's Pokemon stays on the field to do a Fighting-type move that the Dark/Ghost Pokemon would be completely immune to, had it not been a Zoroark using Illusion.

Source: The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard
There are two monsters whose typing makes them have no weaknesses (until Gen VI): Sableye and Spiritomb, who are Ghost/Dark.

Source: Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors
Plus, seeing as this was the first ever Ghost/Dark Pokemon ever, many players would have wasted time trying to figure out its weaknesses.

Source: Demonic Spiders / Pokémon

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