Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

perfect all-kill

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.83 in modern English

Syllables
per-fec-t al-l-kill
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The achievement of a song of the number-one rank on all major music charts, especially the rankings of chart aggregator iChart in South Korea.

Etymology

First used when the song "Nagging" by IU featuring Seulong ranked at number 1 on all Korean music charts in June 2010. By surface analysis, perfect + all + kill: a song which perfectly "kills" (dominates) all the rankings; or, which dominates other songs on the charts.

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does perfect all-kill mean?
The achievement of a song of the number-one rank on all major music charts, especially the rankings of chart aggregator iChart in South Korea.
Where does perfect all-kill come from?
First used when the song "Nagging" by IU featuring Seulong ranked at number 1 on all Korean music charts in June 2010. By surface analysis, perfect + all + kill: a song which perfectly "kills" (dominates) all the rankings; or, which dominates other songs on the charts.

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