bouncebackability
/ˌbaʊnsˌbækəˈbɪlɪti/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
34
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
6
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "You are able to play the game and to take the wins and losses in your stride. When the losses become too numerous, you will have some "bounce-back" ability and will try again rather than give up or become discouraged."
- "[T]he best of today's furniture fillers, combining the bounce-back-ability of foam with the downy softness of fiber fill."
- "Mr. [Robert] Schuller, a believer in "bouncebackability," is a clone from the Norman Vincent Peale school of positive thinking."
- "If Mr Dinkins can persuade the unions that it is in their interest to do a deal with a frank friend now rather than an enemy later, New York will again demonstrate its bouncebackability."
- "One of [Richard] Branson's enduring strengths is his ability to absorb punches, to take the rough with the smooth. He has bouncebackability – lots of it."
- "When Everton were knocked out of the League Cup last week, their manager Mo Marley said: "This will be a great test of the famous Everton bouncebackability.""
Etymology
From bounce back (“to recover from bad circumstances”) + -ability (suffix forming nouns indicating an ability, inclination, or suitability for a specified condition or function). Suggestions that the word was coined in 2004 by Iain Dowie (born 1965), then manager of Crystal Palace Football Club, are inaccurate as the Oxford English Dictionary records a quotation dating back to 1972, but Dowie’s use of the word may have caused it to gain in popularity.
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌbaʊnsˌbækəˈbɪlɪti/
- British English: /ˌbaʊnsbækəˈbɪlɪti/