Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

splatter platter

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.65 in modern English

Syllables: splat-ter -plat-ter
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A song about death; especially a song of the style popular in the mid-20th century about the tragic death of a teenage lover, typically in a car crash.

Example Sentences

"The YMCA Pool is also opened on Sunday afternoons, so in the wintertime, Osborne, who donates his services, emsees "Splatter Platter Parties.""
"The popularity of the splatter platters proved the American public, despite wanting to appear outwardly normal, had a remarkably wide morbid streak."
"Another early splatter platter came out later in 1960, the over-done "Tell Laura I Love Her" by Ray Peterson. The narrator dies as a result of participating in a car race, but has sufficient life in him to cry out the song's title several times before expiring."

Inflected Forms

splatter platters (plural)

Synonyms

teenage tragedy death disc tearjerker

Questions

What does splatter platter mean?: A song about death; especially a song of the style popular in the mid-20th century about the tragic death of a teenage lover, typically in a car crash.

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