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nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the american people

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.85 in modern English

Syllables
no-body ev-er wen-t broke un-der-es-ti-mat-ing the -taste of the amer-i-can peo-ple
IPA
100
Scrabble Score
61
Letters
13
Syllables
22
Unique Chars

Meaning

proverb

Americans, as a group, do not have good taste or sophistication and can be easily amused or distracted to produce financial benefit for someone.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Widely attributed to American author and social critic H. L. Mencken (1880–1956) but not found in his published works, so the source and original form of this expression are not known with certainty.

Inflected Forms

nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public (alternative) no one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American people (alternative)

Phrases

nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people

Frequently Paired Words

nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people

Questions

What does nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the american people mean?
Americans, as a group, do not have good taste or sophistication and can be easily amused or distracted to produce financial benefit for someone.
Where does nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the american people come from?
Widely attributed to American author and social critic H. L. Mencken (1880–1956) but not found in his published works, so the source and original form of this expression are not known with certainty.

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