stunning and brave
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.00 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
2
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Used to express disrespect, in particular to suggest someone (especially a transgender person) or something has been promoted as good but is actually bad.
Derogatory
adj
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stunning, brave.
Example Sentences
- "Take the case of [...] a fifty-two-year-old transgender woman who raped two women before being sent to jail […] Stunning and brave!"
- "Live your truth. Be like one of these stunning and brave heroes of oppression: HEROES. OF. OPPRESSION. Your heart will bleed for each of these brave lads and lasses—not to mention lxsses—who suffer at the hands of the patriarchy."
- "The exact same rule applies to US President Joe Biden, who is forever exempt from such allegations. It doesn't matter that black people aren't the property of the left, nor does it matter that they can vote for whoever they choose in a free country, he was absolutely justified when he said, 'If you are African American and you vote for Donald Trump you ain't black.' Stunning and brave."
Etymology
From "Stunning and Brave", an episode of South Park that satirizes social justice activists and political correctness.
Usage
Inflected Forms
more stunning and brave (comparative)
most stunning and brave (superlative)