daughter from california syndrome
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.11 in modern English
51
Scrabble Score
30
Letters
8
Syllables
17
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The situation where a long-lost distant relative arrives at the hospital where their dying elderly relative is being treated, and challenges the care which the patient is receiving as inadequate; the phenomenon is ascribed to guilt and denial.
Uncountable