Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cabot cove syndrome

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.90 in modern English

Syllables: cabot -cov-e syn-drome
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

4

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The situation where, in order to create storylines for a detective drama, the protagonist encounters far more murders than is plausible.

Humorous; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"If an author cannot figure out some credible way to introduce murder into an amateur sleuth's life, the writer risks creating a detective who suffers from the dreaded Cabot Cove syndrome […]"

Etymology

Named from the fictional setting of the long-running US television series Murder, She Wrote.

Usage

Questions

What does cabot cove syndrome mean?: The situation where, in order to create storylines for a detective drama, the protagonist encounters far more murders than is plausible.
Where does cabot cove syndrome come from?: Named from the fictional setting of the long-running US television series Murder, She Wrote.

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