Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

froggery

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: frog-gery
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A place or enclosure where frogs are kept, and often bred.

noun

An act of impersonating another user of a newsgroup by crafting the address or sig of a post to be visually similar to that of their victim, as a form of trolling or for the purpose of harming their online reputation.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[A FROOD WHO SURE KNOWS WHERE HIS TOWEL IS:] >Well, since I don't actually receive Alt.forgery, and I saw some forged headers here... ¶ Just need help getting rid of the from places (and my user name). ¶ This is a VAX I'm on. ¶ T. Careful, it is currently easy to recognize a froggery."
"Some will allow exactly what Alternative Maxwell is doing ( like altopia) others will only allow froggery if it's obvious, i.e. the frogger can use the name maxwell but if the associated addie was Max...@i.am.a.dumb.fjuk.com, you couldn't use, for instance, Max...@i.am.a.dumb.fjuk.con or something else so similar it isn't immediatly^([sic]) obvious to a casual glance."

Etymology

From frog + -ery.

Usage

Inflected Forms

froggeries (plural) frogery (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

frogger froger frogg frog frape sporgery

Synonyms

ranarium

Questions

What does froggery mean?: A place or enclosure where frogs are kept, and often bred.
Where does froggery come from?: From frog + -ery.

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