Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

orphan-crushing machine

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.37 in modern English

Syllables: or-phan-crush-ing -ma-chine
IPA

39

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

6

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A notional machine representing a system or state of affairs that obviously facilitates suffering but is not acknowledged or examined, or for which no alternative is considered.

Example Sentences

""we live in a society", said the orphan-crushing machine operator"
"“ the orphan crushing machine isn’t the problem, it’s that people are using the orphan crushing machine wrong”"
"BREAKING: orphan-crushing machine manufacturer states there is 'no sign' of orphan-crushing machines being used to crush orphans"

Etymology

Referencing a Twitter post by @pookleblinky on September 25, 2020: Every heartwarming human interest story in america is like "he raised $20,000 to keep 200 orphans from being crushed in the orphan-crushing machine" and then never asks why an orphan-crushing machine exists or why you'd need to pay to prevent it from being used.

Inflected Forms

orphan-crushing machines (plural) orphan crushing machine (alternative)

Phrases

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Frequently Paired Words

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Questions

What does orphan-crushing machine mean?: A notional machine representing a system or state of affairs that obviously facilitates suffering but is not acknowledged or examined, or for which no alternative is considered.
Where does orphan-crushing machine come from?: Referencing a Twitter post by @pookleblinky on September 25, 2020: Every heartwarming human interest story in america is like "he raised $20,000 to keep 200 orphans from being crushed in the orphan-crushing machine" and then never asks why an orphan-crushing machine exists or why you'd need to pay to prevent it from being used.

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