Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oh my god, they killed kenny! you bastards!

/oʊ maɪ ɡɒd ðeɪ kɪld ˈkɛni juː ˈbæstəɹdz/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.47 in modern English

Syllables
oh my -god, they killed ken-ny! y-ou bas-tard-s!
IPA
/oʊ maɪ ɡɒd ðeɪ kɪld ˈkɛni juː ˈbæstəɹdz/
67
Scrabble Score
33
Letters
6
Syllables
17
Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

Used as an exclamation upon the death of a character, especially one that occurs frequently, absurdly, or as part of a running gag.

Humorous

phrase

Used to express mock outrage or surprise at a tragicomic event.

Colloquial

Etymology

Coined by Trey Parker and Matt Stone as a catchphrase for their television series South Park, first used in the 1992 short film The Spirit of Christmas[citation:3]. The line is almost always spoken by the characters Stan Marsh and Kyle Broflovski, with Stan uttering the first clause and Kyle the second.

Usage

Inflected Forms

oh my God they killed Kenny! you bastards! (canonical)

Frequently Paired Words

authoritah[citation:1] bastard[citation:2] [citation:4]

Questions

How do you pronounce oh my god, they killed kenny! you bastards!?
The recorded pronunciation is /oʊ maɪ ɡɒd ðeɪ kɪld ˈkɛni juː ˈbæstəɹdz/.
What does oh my god, they killed kenny! you bastards! mean?
Used as an exclamation upon the death of a character, especially one that occurs frequently, absurdly, or as part of a running gag.
Where does oh my god, they killed kenny! you bastards! come from?
Coined by Trey Parker and Matt Stone as a catchphrase for their television series South Park, first used in the 1992 short film The Spirit of Christmas[citation:3]. The line is almost always spoken by the characters Stan Marsh and Kyle Broflovski, with Stan uttering the first clause and Kyle the second.

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