Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

special snowflake

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.25 in modern English

Syllables: spe-cial s-nowflake
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

3

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of snowflake (“someone who believes they are particularly unique and special; someone hypersensitive to insult or offense, especially a young person with politically correct sensibilities”).

Slang

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see special, snowflake.

Example Sentences

"The special snowflake is a whining millennial who protests instead of getting a "real job" and cries sexism because she's upset men don’t find her attractive enough."

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

special snowflakes (plural)

Phrases

special snowflake syndrome

Synonyms

snowflake

Questions

What does special snowflake mean?: Synonym of snowflake (“someone who believes they are particularly unique and special; someone hypersensitive to insult or offense, especially a young person with politically correct sensibilities”).

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