great wen
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.49 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Derogatory name for London: the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom.
British usage; Derogatory; Informal
Example Sentences
- "But, what is to be the fate of the great wen of all? The monster, called, by the silly coxcombs of the press, 'the metropolis of the empire?'"
- "London is of vital importance to the communications, industry and towns of the south-east Midlands as a whole, though the proximity of 'the Great Wen' may be partly responsible for the fact that no town within it has a population of more than 130,000."
Etymology
Usage
- British usage
- Derogatory
- Informal
Inflected Forms
the Great Wen (canonical)