Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kurtofsky

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: kurtof-sky
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The ship of characters Kurt Hummel and Dave Karofsky from the television series Glee.

Slang

Example Sentences

"By drilling down further, the results reveal that half of those are Klaine stories and a third are Kurtofsky (the pairing of Kurt with his bully turned secret admirer)"
"On the fan fiction site, participants began writing “Kurtofsky” (Kurt/Dave pairing) romances in response to this plot twist, which I read avidly to see the participant reaction to this unexpected pairing."
"Besides discussing the series and rooting for specific, slang-labelled twosomes (such as the heterosexual duo nicknamed "Finchel", Finn and Rachel, or the same-sex couple of "Kurtofsky", Kurt and Karofsky), fans have contributed to the diffusion and re-mediation of the show so much that the Glee phenomenon has been defined as "a user-generated musical epidemic" (Zaccone 2009; online, my translation)."

Etymology

Blend of Kurt + Karofsky.

Usage

Slang

Questions

What does kurtofsky mean?: The ship of characters Kurt Hummel and Dave Karofsky from the television series Glee.
Where does kurtofsky come from?: Blend of Kurt + Karofsky.

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