Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

monthly tugboat

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.53 in modern English

Syllables: month-ly -tug-boat
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Social Security Disability Insurance payment.

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see monthly, tugboat.

Etymology

Coined by Christine Weston Chandler circa 2007 in contrast to the phrase "our ship has come in", representing a smaller reliable payment in contrast to a large windfall.

Inflected Forms

monthly tugboats (plural)

Phrases

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Frequently Paired Words

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Questions

What does monthly tugboat mean?: A Social Security Disability Insurance payment.
Where does monthly tugboat come from?: Coined by Christine Weston Chandler circa 2007 in contrast to the phrase "our ship has come in", representing a smaller reliable payment in contrast to a large windfall.

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