self-licking ice-cream cone
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.30 in modern English
41
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
6
Syllables
13
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Example Sentences
- "They live in fortresses because they have been at war for centuries, and they’ve been at war for centuries because they live in fortresses. It’s a self-licking ice-cream cone."
- "In Hugh’s experience, Williams seemed to either simply repeat work that had already been done elsewhere in the chain of command or add redundant procedural steps to interject himself, almost like a self-licking ice-cream cone."
- "The G7 meetings and similar international gatherings had a rhyme and reason at one point in history, and at times do good work, but in many respects, they have simply become self-licking ice-cream cones. They’re there because they’re there."