tina
/ˈtiːnə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.76 in modern English
4
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
phrase
Alternative letter-case form of TINA (“there is no alternative”)
phrase
Acronym of there is no alternative, a political slogan of Margaret Thatcher, promoting liberal capitalism.
Example Sentences
- "Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek wrote on social media Saturday her office had not been notified why the troops were being deployed."
- "People struggling to merely exist on a Monday smoke Tina because they feel it's the only way to overcome the dreaded comedown from all the other drugs they've taken."
- "Above all else, they allowed me seriously to ponder the hardest of questions: once we have conceived of a feasible socialism that blasts Thatcher’s Tina out of the water, what must we do, and how far are we willing to go, to bring it about?"
- "Tina / There is no alternative / But I got to live (You know)"
Etymology
Short form of Christina or of any female name ending in -tina, such as Martina or Albertina; frequently from Latin -ina
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
Usage
Inflected Forms
Tinas (plural)