Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

big dumb object

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.23 in modern English

Syllables: big -dum-b ob-ject
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A large and mysterious object of extraterrestrial origin containing immense power, thought of as a common trope of science fiction.

Etymology

Coined by British critic and writer Roz Kaveney in 1981.

Inflected Forms

Big Dumb Objects (plural)

Derived Forms

BDO

Questions

What does big dumb object mean?: A large and mysterious object of extraterrestrial origin containing immense power, thought of as a common trope of science fiction.
Where does big dumb object come from?: Coined by British critic and writer Roz Kaveney in 1981.

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