pinkie swear
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.85 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
verb
Example Sentences
- "In its totality, the serial 'roid revelations over the past week have created suspicions that a system of wink-winks and pinkie swears among stars, management and agents has existed through the last minute of baseball's unpoliced steroid era."
- "Last time we saw the Governor (his cameo last week excluded) he was gunning down his own people and driving off to parts unknown. Now? It's all fist bumps and pinkie swears."
- "Even if you speak directly to your child’s face, and the child seems to be responding to you, do not assume the child has heard you. Timers, warning sticker charts, promises and pinkie swears: Nothing trumps the power of an iPad."
- "Where are Atkins & Co. on this? Oh, they’re over in the executive bunker, pretending that when you pinkie swear a baseball buddy to keep your secret, he always does – no take-backs."
- "June’s emotional plea to Moira to find her balls again is heartbreaking. “You fuckin’ pinkie swore,” she almost spits at her when it becomes clear that Moira wants no part in any further rebellion."
- "Ms. Warren might not be bound for the presidency, but she has apparently lodged herself in an another powerful place: the female psyche. The countless little girls with whom she famously “pinkie swore” that women should run for president will remember."