Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

take a wrong turn at albuquerque

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.49 in modern English

Syllables: take a wrong -turn at al-bu-querque
IPA

55

Scrabble Score

27

Letters

4

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To take a wrong turn or miss a turn in a journey, so reaching a place distant from the original goal.

Example Sentences

"Against the glacial backdrop he looked like a lost minstrel who'd taken a wrong turn at Albuquerque."
"Anyways, he must have taken a wrong turn at Albuquerque because I walked in on him using our restroom facilities and appearing to be very confused."
"Since cardiac embryology can be summed up as 9 months of looping and unlooping, you can think of the congenitally malformed heart as having taken the wrong turn at Albuquerque, and not just one time."
"But somewhere on the road to creating a useful tool for psychiatry, in my opinion the wheels fell off the bus, or, more accurately, the carpool's navigators took a wrong turn at Albuquerque."
"It takes 25 minutes for Bugs Bunny to tunnel his way into that sequel, becoming the first Looney Tune to appear in this supposed Looney Tunes movie. Maybe the rabbit and his studio both took a wrong turn at Albuquerque."

Etymology

From the 1945 film Herr Meets Hare, often repeated in several Bugs Bunny cartoons afterwards.

Inflected Forms

takes a wrong turn at Albuquerque (present, singular) taking a wrong turn at Albuquerque (participle, present) took a wrong turn at Albuquerque (past) taken a wrong turn at Albuquerque (participle, past) make a wrong turn at Albuquerque (alternative) make the wrong turn at Albuquerque (alternative) take the wrong turn at Albuquerque (alternative)

Phrases

left turn

Frequently Paired Words

left turn

Questions

What does take a wrong turn at albuquerque mean?: To take a wrong turn or miss a turn in a journey, so reaching a place distant from the original goal.
Where does take a wrong turn at albuquerque come from?: From the 1945 film Herr Meets Hare, often repeated in several Bugs Bunny cartoons afterwards.

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