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deflavorizing machine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-fla-voriz-ing -ma-chine
IPA
44
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
6
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An imaginary device which removes the flavor from something, particularly food.

Humorous

Example Sentences

Etymology

Coined by Woody Allen in the 1980 film Stardust Memories. : Sandy Bates: It's funny, because in my family nobody ever committed suicide, nobody... this was just not a middle-class alternative, you know? I — my mother was too busy running the boiled chicken through the deflavorizing machine to think about shooting herself or anything.

Usage

Inflected Forms

deflavorizing machines (plural)

Questions

What does deflavorizing machine mean?
An imaginary device which removes the flavor from something, particularly food.
Where does deflavorizing machine come from?
Coined by Woody Allen in the 1980 film Stardust Memories. : Sandy Bates: It's funny, because in my family nobody ever committed suicide, nobody... this was just not a middle-class alternative, you know? I — my mother was too busy running the boiled chicken through the deflavorizing machine to think about shooting herself or anything.

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