Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

the corpse at every funeral

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.66 in modern English

Syllables: the -corpse at ev-ery -fu-ner-al
IPA

39

Scrabble Score

23

Letters

6

Syllables

15

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

Short for the bride at every wedding and the corpse at every funeral.

American usage

Example Sentences

"She will pay less attention to mother, who through necessity, may begin to shed some of her dependency and her enjoyment of being the corpse at every funeral."
"Ngeze is a good guy, he would say. Ngeze is a good-looking guy. "Hassan Ngeze wants to be the corpse at every funeral," those who knew him would add, laughing."
"He stood with the pistol pressed to the back of his head and looked across the river toward his home in Central Texas where his two ancestors died violently. Alice Roosevelt Longworth said about her father Theodore's need for attention that he always wanted to be the corpse at every funeral. This time Jenkins got his wish."

Usage

American usage

Questions

What does the corpse at every funeral mean?: Short for the bride at every wedding and the corpse at every funeral.

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