Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cusper

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cus-per
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person considered to have been born on a cusp between significant generations.

noun

A person born on a day at a junction of star signs.

Example Sentences

"Millennial cusper"
"When the younger of their two overlapping generations feels like it's not being heard, a Cusper can provide a voice."
"Cuspers are natural translators because they often speak the language of two generations. Sometimes we even call them generationally bilingual!"
"And if you were borm on those tricky days which fall between two signs — like 23 December, or 21 May — then you are called a ‘cusper’, a person born on the cusp of two signs, and said to partake a little bit of both."

Etymology

From cusp + -er.

Inflected Forms

cuspers (plural)

Questions

What does cusper mean?: A person considered to have been born on a cusp between significant generations.
Where does cusper come from?: From cusp + -er.

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