Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

big-lipped alligator moment

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.67 in modern English

Syllables: big-lipped al-li-ga-tor -mo-ment
IPA

37

Scrabble Score

24

Letters

7

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A notably unusual, tangential scene in a movie or similar work of fiction, which occurs without setup and does not affect the story afterward.

Slang

Example Sentences

"This may be the first case where the *entire* movie is a Big Lipped Alligator Moment . . ."

Etymology

Coined in a 2009 Nostalgia Critic review of FernGully: The Last Rainforest, referring to a scene in the 1989 film All Dogs Go to Heaven, in which an alligator breaks into an Esther Williams-style musical number.

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

big-lipped alligator moments (plural)

Synonyms

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Questions

What does big-lipped alligator moment mean?: A notably unusual, tangential scene in a movie or similar work of fiction, which occurs without setup and does not affect the story afterward.
Where does big-lipped alligator moment come from?: Coined in a 2009 Nostalgia Critic review of FernGully: The Last Rainforest, referring to a scene in the 1989 film All Dogs Go to Heaven, in which an alligator breaks into an Esther Williams-style musical number.

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