Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jesus phone

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.82 in modern English

Syllables: je-sus -phone
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Humorous; Informal

Example Sentences

"The blogosphere had already christened the iPhone, an allegedly revolutionary handset made by Apple, the "Jesus phone" weeks before it went on sale."
"[…] the Jesus Phone, or, as it's more commonly known to PC users, the iPhone."
""Jesus Phone" is an extremely common nickname for the iPhone. Last time we Googled, there were well over 73000 uses of the phrase […]"
"When the iPhone launched in June 2007, lines snaked around Apple Stores around the world. Diehards vying to be the first to own the Jesus phone waited outside for hours, even days."

Etymology

Humorously from its perceived desirability and goodness.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Jesus phones (plural)

Questions

What does jesus phone mean?: The iPhone.
Where does jesus phone come from?: Humorously from its perceived desirability and goodness.

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