Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

self-repper

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.01 in modern English

Syllables: self--rep-per
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Something that self-replicates.

noun

A person who represents themselves in a court of law.

Colloquial

Example Sentences

"When I was in practice against someone who was self repping I always put a bit extra in the accompanying statement explaining the split and would sometimes ask the self repper to sign a letter to the court confirming that they had had legal advice in the background but weren't represented - only when that was true of course but lots of people did just get ad hoc advice from a lawyer without them going on record as acting."
"This is the world of the self-repper, where legal rules and decisions are often inscrutable and defy the logic of everyday reason and morality."

Etymology

From self- + rep (to represent) + -er.

Usage

Colloquial

Inflected Forms

self-reppers (plural) self repper (alternative)

Questions

What does self-repper mean?: Something that self-replicates.
Where does self-repper come from?: From self- + rep (to represent) + -er.

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