Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

skinnie

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: skin-nie
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative letter-case form of skinnie

noun

Someone of Somali descent.

Derogatory; Slang

Example Sentences

"Hey, watch out for skinnies. They're all over the rooftops."
"It was not long before many UNITAF personnel in Mogadishu and the outlying HRSs began referring to the Somalis as “skinnies,” or using other derogatory terms."

Etymology

Named by American soldiers stationed in Somalia who felt that Somali culture was strange enough to seem "alien", comparing the Somalis to a race of aliens from the novel "Starship Troopers", which was popular among American soldiers. This term was not related to the famine in Somalia in the 1990's.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Skinnies (plural)

Questions

What does skinnie mean?: Alternative letter-case form of skinnie
Where does skinnie come from?: Named by American soldiers stationed in Somalia who felt that Somali culture was strange enough to seem "alien", comparing the Somalis to a race of aliens from the novel "Starship Troopers", which was popular among American soldiers. This term was not related to the famine in Somalia in the 1990's.

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