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commentator's curse

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.58 in modern English

Syllables
com-men-ta-tor's curse
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The supposed propensity of a competitor to blunder after having their talents pointed out by the commentator.

Humorous

Usage

Inflected Forms

the commentator's curse (canonical)

Questions

What does commentator's curse mean?
The supposed propensity of a competitor to blunder after having their talents pointed out by the commentator.

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