björkism
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A turn of phrase or mannerism used by or characteristic of Icelandic singer Björk.
Example Sentences
- ""We used the idiosyncrasies of Björk's movements, which we learned to call Björkisms,” choreographer Vincent Patterson (who also appears in the movie) said at Cannes, "because nobody in the world moves like Bjork.""
- "One rehearsal, while at a loss trying to describe a problem with the mix to the sound engineer, she reverted to a string of Björkisms. "'Can you make it a bit more angular?' Or, 'Can I have it a bit more pink and fluffy?'" Walker recalls Bjork saying."
- "Their individual strengths merge just as seamlessly: Aurora’s elf-knot Björkisms are crunched into distorted new shapes by the psychedelic reeling - most strikingly on the laser-tunnel rush of The Light, or the Jane-does-Tubular Bells of Somewhere Else – while the lovely minimal drone of Wavelengths varies their cosmic palette."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
Björkisms (plural)