back story
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.35 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of backstory.
Example Sentences
- "Inexplicably, and at great risk to the integrity of the movie, the filmmakers have burdened him with a psychological back story pulled out of a folder in some studio filing cabinet. Why does [Willy] Wonka spend his days confecting sweets?"
- "Agent Lyla: Enough back story! / Dr. Doofenshmirtz: Actually, that's not, uh … that's not really a back story, it's just expositional flashback. It doesn't, uh, have any childhood trauma, it's doesn't really inform who he is, it's not … it's just flashback. There's a difference. It's subtle, but there's a difference."