Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

no-tell motel

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.60 in modern English

Syllables: no-tel-l -mo-tel
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A love hotel; a motel where brief sexual encounters are sanctioned.

Slang

Example Sentences

"There was no reason to pull off the interstate and drive twenty miles down a bumpy local road, just to stay in a dilapidated no-tell motel."

Etymology

Suggesting that the encounters will be kept private. Chosen for the rhyme.

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

no-tell motels (plural)

Synonyms

hot-sheet motel no-tell hotel autohotel fast sheet love hotel maison de passe no-tell motel motel

Questions

What does no-tell motel mean?: A love hotel; a motel where brief sexual encounters are sanctioned.
Where does no-tell motel come from?: Suggesting that the encounters will be kept private. Chosen for the rhyme.

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