Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

carlinism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: car-lin-ism
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The ideas and beliefs of George Carlin.

Uncountable

noun

A statement made by George Carlin.

Countable

Example Sentences

"The white liberal elite and their Millennial serfs are especially prone to the sort of midwittery found in the comedy of George Carlin or on the website Reddit. But Redditors and Carlinism are, admittedly, extreme examples."
"Thus encouraged, I researched Carlin. Here are tidbits about this guy interspersed with his Carlinisms, some wonderfully logical, others radically offbeat, but surely all thoughtful and entertaining."

Etymology

Etymology tree English Carlin Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Carlinism From Carlin + -ism.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Carlinisms (plural)

Questions

What does carlinism mean?: The ideas and beliefs of George Carlin.
Where does carlinism come from?: Etymology tree English Carlin Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Carlinism From Carlin + -ism.

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