snowflake
/ˈsnoʊ.fleɪk/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.25 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
noun
Someone hypersensitive to insult or offense, especially a young person with politically correct sensibilities.
Derogatory; Slang
noun
A type of lesion that appears as scattered white-brown spots under high magnification light microscopy.
noun
Something that is unique in every presentation.
Example Sentences
- "When I come home, one space monkey is reading to the assembled space monkeys who sit covering the whole first floor. “You are not a beautiful and unique snowflake. You are the same decaying organic matter as everyone else, and we are all part of the same compost pile.”"
- "When have words ever hurt anyone? The triggered snowflakes at this liberal university are trying to literally murder our freedom of speech."
- "Fox News pundits claim to be upset because companies are choosing to embrace the "holidays" rather than "Christmas" to avoid offending any liberal snowflakes."
- "Now, at least in theory, snowflakes on both coasts in withdrawal from Rachel Maddow’s nightly Kremlinology lesson can purchase a whole book to inspire paroxysms of rage. “White” — even the title is a trigger — is a veritable thirst trap for the easily microaggressed."
- "Within a few minutes of stepping foot on the school grounds, a triggered snowflake called the police. Multiple officers accosted Kevin McMahon, a YAF staffer, and threatened to arrest him for exercising his free speech rights since he was outside the designated "free speech area.""
- "Robertson and colleagues reported 10 patients in four families with lesions similar to those of stage I and stage II snowflake generation."
Etymology
From snow + flake. Compare Saterland Frisian Sneeflokke (“snowflake”), Dutch sneeuwvlok, Luxembourgish Schnéiflack, German Schneeflocke.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈsnoʊ.fleɪk/
- British English: /ˈsnəʊ.fleɪk/