Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lex luthor

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.85 in modern English

Syllables: lex -luthor
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A supervillain, especially one who is bald.

Example Sentences

"There was Bezos, parked just to his left, with his bald pate reminiscent of a cueball, or perhaps Lex Luthor."
"Although there are a few candidates for a potential nemesis to our brave superfood heroes, these days the Lex Luthor of bullshit nutrition is our old friend sugar."
"Now you might just say to yourself, Oh, look, isn't that cute and optimistic, God gave Laurie a lemon and now she's making lemonade, but the truth of the matter is that God didn't give me a lemon, he planted the Lex Luthor of all rapists three frigging houses away from me, and figuring out just how to survive now in my house wasn't exactly mixing a pitcher of Country Time."
"Well, if you ask me, Heather's like the Lex Luthor of Villiam Rose Junior High-there's no way she would go all goo-goo over a fake superhero."

Etymology

From the character Lex Luthor from the Superman series.

Inflected Forms

Lex Luthors (plural)

Questions

What does lex luthor mean?: A supervillain, especially one who is bald.
Where does lex luthor come from?: From the character Lex Luthor from the Superman series.

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