Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

urinal of the planets

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.76 in modern English

Syllables: uri-nal of the -plan-ets
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

4

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Derogatory name for Ireland: an island and country in northwestern Europe.

British usage; Derogatory; Obsolete

Example Sentences

"A writer on British slavery later explained that the denigration was deserved because Ireland's wet climate made her “The Urinal of the Planets.” (For a similar Irish slur on an Englishman, see twiss.)"
"'I thought you would have preferred to have been with them in that stinking urinal of the planets, looking for bog-oranges.' Kempe's sympathy towards the plight of the Irish was well known, and he had no sympathisers here tonight."

Etymology

In allusion to the frequent rainy weather.

Usage

Inflected Forms

the Urinal of the Planets (canonical)

Questions

What does urinal of the planets mean?: Derogatory name for Ireland: an island and country in northwestern Europe.
Where does urinal of the planets come from?: In allusion to the frequent rainy weather.

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