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internym

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
in-ternym
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A phrase or epithet, particularly one intended to be witty, inserted in quotation marks between one's first and last names—or elsewhere by or in one's name, if this is not possible—at the end of a post.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From inter- + -nym. Coined by Madeleine Page in the Internet newsgroup alt.folklore.urban.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

internyms (plural)

Questions

What does internym mean?
A phrase or epithet, particularly one intended to be witty, inserted in quotation marks between one's first and last names—or elsewhere by or in one's name, if this is not possible—at the end of a post.
Where does internym come from?
From inter- + -nym. Coined by Madeleine Page in the Internet newsgroup alt.folklore.urban.

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