temporarily embarrassed millionaire
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.44 in modern English
47
Scrabble Score
33
Letters
8
Syllables
14
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A poor person who advocates against social welfare programs because they believe they will become rich in the future.
Example Sentences
- "1964, Louis Filler (maybe quoting someone), The President Speaks: From William McKinley to Lyndon B. Johnson One definition of an American is that he is a temporarily embarrassed millionaire. As such, he wants a job, but hates to pay taxes. If he needs a job, he demands that the government provide it one way or another."