Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

disgusted of tunbridge wells

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.61 in modern English

Syllables: dis-gust-ed of -tun-bridge wells
IPA

38

Scrabble Score

25

Letters

5

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A stereotypical vocal conservative curmudgeon.

British usage

Example Sentences

"The Post Office bitterly resents the criticism that is constantly voiced in the British press, both by "Disgusteds of Tunbridge Wells" and journalists."
"It was refreshing that what raised the hackles of Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells had nothing to do with a colourful range of jumpers, nor a flighty Italian art director/photographer."
"Of course 'Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells' was never a Labour voter."
"The Sussex Weald is all small towns and villages, 99 per cent white, gravel-drived, car-owning, the sort of place Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells would move to if he found Tunbridge Wells a bit too bustling."
"The inanity of the British attack is obvious from some of the words the early Disgusteds of Tunbridge Wells complained about."

Etymology

An invented pseudonym of the supposed writer of a letter to a local newspaper in the archetypal Middle England town of Tunbridge Wells. Possibly first coined 1944 in the BBC radio series Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh.

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

Disgusteds of Tunbridge Wells (plural)

Questions

What does disgusted of tunbridge wells mean?: A stereotypical vocal conservative curmudgeon.
Where does disgusted of tunbridge wells come from?: An invented pseudonym of the supposed writer of a letter to a local newspaper in the archetypal Middle England town of Tunbridge Wells. Possibly first coined 1944 in the BBC radio series Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh.

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