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jonbar hinge

/ˈd͡ʒɒnbɑɹ ˈhɪnd͡ʒ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
jon-bar hinge
IPA
/ˈd͡ʒɒnbɑɹ ˈhɪnd͡ʒ/
24
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In time travel stories: a seemingly trivial event which ultimately marks the point of divergence between two radically different timelines.

Etymology

A reference to the novel The Legion of Time (1938), in which the character John Barr having the choice of picking up of one of two objects (a magnet or a pebble) marks a major turning point in history: one will lead to the utopian empire of Jonbar (named after John Barr himself), while the other leads to the rise of the tyrannical state of Gyronchi. Further etymology at John, Barr.

Inflected Forms

jonbar hinges (plural)

Synonyms

jonbar point

Questions

How do you pronounce jonbar hinge?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈd͡ʒɒnbɑɹ ˈhɪnd͡ʒ/.
What does jonbar hinge mean?
In time travel stories: a seemingly trivial event which ultimately marks the point of divergence between two radically different timelines.
Where does jonbar hinge come from?
A reference to the novel The Legion of Time (1938), in which the character John Barr having the choice of picking up of one of two objects (a magnet or a pebble) marks a major turning point in history: one will lead to the utopian empire of Jonbar (named after John Barr himself), while the other leads to the rise of the tyrannical state of Gyronchi. Further etymology at John, Barr.

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