Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

orsum

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: or-sum
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative spelling of awesome.

Australian usage; New Zealand usage; Slang

Example Sentences

"I'm absolutelly effing orsum."
"fucken orsum weekend, with no liquor ban... cops not pulling anyone over for doing skids in the street etc."
"Ruru in quite a mess after getting caught up in a parapara tree. New Zealand Bird Rescue removed the sticky substance and berries, gave him a thorough bath and he is now fully waterproof and ready to go home. NZ Bird Rescue - you’re O for Orsum."
"Tooday was an orsum day! The best day ever!"

Usage

Inflected Forms

more orsum (comparative) orsumer (comparative) most orsum (superlative) orsumest (superlative)

Questions

What does orsum mean?: Alternative spelling of awesome.

How to pronounce orsum

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