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my very educated mother just served us nine pumpkins

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.13 in modern English

Syllables
my very e-d-u-cat-ed -moth-er just served us nine pump-kins
IPA
85
Scrabble Score
44
Letters
8
Syllables
18
Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

Used to remember the order and names of the (then) nine planets of the solar system: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto.

Etymology

From the initial letters of the names of the eight planets, plus Pluto, formerly considered a planet.

Frequently Paired Words

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Synonyms

my very educated mother just served us nine pizzas

Questions

What does my very educated mother just served us nine pumpkins mean?
Used to remember the order and names of the (then) nine planets of the solar system: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto.
Where does my very educated mother just served us nine pumpkins come from?
From the initial letters of the names of the eight planets, plus Pluto, formerly considered a planet.

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