Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

in the pink

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.52 in modern English

Syllables: in- the pink
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

Ellipsis of in the pink of health.

Informal

prep_phrase

Informal

Example Sentences

"The sight of so many girls and women clamoring for that particular item, cash clenched in sweaty fists, buoyed the hope of manufacturers everywhere. Then again, maybe we were simply a nation literally “in the pink” with postwar prosperity[…]"
"I said to Daddy, 'Can you swim?' He said, 'You're not going, and that's that.' I asked him again, later on, when he was drinking his Horlicks, and he said they used to swim from one pier IN THE PINK - Laurie Graham."
"[I] Somehow believed / That her shit didn't stink / Until I caught her / In the pink / Making her tight / Asshole wink / Turns out this slimy bitch / Had done me grimy for years […]"

Usage

Informal

Phrases

two in the pink, one in the stink

Frequently Paired Words

two in the pink, one in the stink

Questions

What does in the pink mean?: Ellipsis of in the pink of health.

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