kanye
/ˈkɑnjeɪ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.77 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A male given name.
Example Sentences
- "Kanye West took to social media to speak about mental health after a fan claimed that the rapper was “off his meds”."
- "Taylor sings her monologue song on Saturday Night Live with Bill Hader (left) and Jason Sudeikis (right) making sure she doesn’t get Kanye’d again."
- "In what probably put his film on the map more than winning the Oscar itself, the short documentary winner Roger Ross Williams got Kanye’d when accepting his award for “Music by Prudence.” As Mr. Williams, the director, was making his speech, Elinor Burkett, the producer, jumped onstage with him and began talking over him, shades of Kanye West interrupting Taylor Swift at the Video Music Awards last year."
- "Author’s note: Possibly one in the form of a very short rapper with extreme attention and small man issues who interrupts and insults you during high points of your life, ruins your train of thought, accuses some white guy of not caring about black guys, yells “YOU’VE JUST BEEN KANYE’D!” laughs maniacally, and then scampers off to create more havoc elsewhere."
- "You Got Kanyed: Seen but Not Heard"
- "Kanye’d from Kanye West (b. 1977) meaning to have a speech interrupted."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: Kanye
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkɑnjeɪ/
- British English: /ˈkænjeɪ/
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in People.