bun fight
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.55 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A formal tea party or other social gathering, especially one at which food is served.
British usage; Slang
Example Sentences
- ""Our interest in the thing is all lackadaisical, a kind of bun-fight of pet notions. There's no real steam.""
- "[O]ne of the big new hits on the Web is a silly, two-minute satire of the current Republican-Democrat bun fight, starring President Bush and Senator John Kerry as animated cutout figures."
- "The debate over public service funding turned into a bun fight, says the communications minister."
- "“Nigerian politics is one big bun-fight over oil money,” says Antony Goldman, a consultant."
- "... a party - afternoon bunfight, you know. A lot of young men in long frock-coats glued to the door-posts, so limp, poor things, and all the women drinking tea by themselves and longing for the young men."
- "[T]he cineastes […] will descend on that shabby little seaside town in the south of France for the 50th Cannes bun fight."