Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

today's lucky 10,000

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: to-day's luck-y 10,000
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A theoretical set of 10,000 people who learn something considered "common knowledge" for the first time.

Example Sentences

"Don't make fun of people who don't know something; they're one of today's lucky 10,000!"
"For quotations using this term, see Citations:today's lucky 10,000."

Etymology

Coined by American cartoonist, author and engineer Randall Munroe in 2012 in his webcomic xkcd, based on a calculation that given four million yearly births in the United States, about ten thousand people learn something that "everyone knows" every day.

Inflected Forms

today's lucky ten thousand (alternative)

Questions

What does today's lucky 10,000 mean?: A theoretical set of 10,000 people who learn something considered "common knowledge" for the first time.
Where does today's lucky 10,000 come from?: Coined by American cartoonist, author and engineer Randall Munroe in 2012 in his webcomic xkcd, based on a calculation that given four million yearly births in the United States, about ten thousand people learn something that "everyone knows" every day.

How to pronounce today's lucky 10,000

Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “today's lucky 10,000”.
Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling () so you know which sounds to aim for.
Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “today's lucky 10,000”.
Repeat and practice — Say “today's lucky 10,000” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.