Speakur

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the bride at every wedding and the corpse at every funeral

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.50 in modern English

Syllables
the bride at ev-ery wed-ding and the -corpse at ev-ery -fu-ner-al
IPA
83
Scrabble Score
48
Letters
8
Syllables
20
Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

The perpetual center of attention.

Etymology

Said by Alice Roosevelt Longworth of her father Theodore Roosevelt. Also used to describe Kaiser Wilhelm II.

Inflected Forms

the bride at every wedding (alternative) the corpse at every funeral (alternative)

Questions

What does the bride at every wedding and the corpse at every funeral mean?
The perpetual center of attention.
Where does the bride at every wedding and the corpse at every funeral come from?
Said by Alice Roosevelt Longworth of her father Theodore Roosevelt. Also used to describe Kaiser Wilhelm II.

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