Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ultimate boeing 747 gambit

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.71 in modern English

Syllables: ul-ti-mate boe-ing 747 gam-bit
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A counterargument against the notion that the complexity of life and the universe necessitates the existence of a creator by pointing out that any creator is necessarily more complex than its creation.

Etymology

Coined by British evolutionary biologist and author Richard Dawkins in 2006 as a play on words on the "tornado sweeping through a junkyard assembling a Boeing 747".

Inflected Forms

the Ultimate Boeing 747 gambit (canonical)

Questions

What does ultimate boeing 747 gambit mean?: A counterargument against the notion that the complexity of life and the universe necessitates the existence of a creator by pointing out that any creator is necessarily more complex than its creation.
Where does ultimate boeing 747 gambit come from?: Coined by British evolutionary biologist and author Richard Dawkins in 2006 as a play on words on the "tornado sweeping through a junkyard assembling a Boeing 747".

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