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bagism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bag-ism
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The practice of wearing a bag over one's body so as to conceal one's physical attributes and force listeners to focus on one's message instead.

Uncountable

Etymology

From bag + -ism, introduced by John Lennon and Yoko Ono as part of their peace campaign in the late 1960s.

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What does bagism mean?
The practice of wearing a bag over one's body so as to conceal one's physical attributes and force listeners to focus on one's message instead.
Where does bagism come from?
From bag + -ism, introduced by John Lennon and Yoko Ono as part of their peace campaign in the late 1960s.

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