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cow-clicker

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.60 in modern English

Syllables
cow-click-er
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A video game that requires the player to perform repetitive tasks at certain intervals.

Derogatory

Example Sentences

Etymology

Coined by Ian Bogost in response to FarmVille winning an award for "Best New Social/Online Game" at the 2010 Game Developers Choice Awards. The win caused Bogost, a critic of the freemium model used by Zynga, to be struck with the thought: "Games like FarmVille are cow clickers. You click on a cow, and that's all you do." He subsequently developed Cow Clicker, an intentionally simplistic parody game, which itself became a surprise viral hit.

Usage

Inflected Forms

cow-clickers (plural)

Phrases

clicker game

Frequently Paired Words

clicker game

Questions

What does cow-clicker mean?
A video game that requires the player to perform repetitive tasks at certain intervals.
Where does cow-clicker come from?
Coined by Ian Bogost in response to FarmVille winning an award for "Best New Social/Online Game" at the 2010 Game Developers Choice Awards. The win caused Bogost, a critic of the freemium model used by Zynga, to be struck with the thought: "Games like FarmVille are cow clickers. You click on a cow, and that's all you do." He subsequently developed Cow Clicker, an intentionally simplistic parody game, which itself became a surprise viral hit.

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