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little red dot

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.02 in modern English

Syllables
lit-tle red -dot
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Nickname for Singapore: a city, island, and country in Southeast Asia.

noun

A type of galaxy found in the distant early universe, appearing as a background small dot in deep surveys in infrared astronomy.

Etymology

From the appearance on maps indicating the position of Singapore, being a red dot position marker, that completely covers all of Singapore on such maps. Originally a derogatory term coined by 3rd President of Indonesia (1998—1999) and 7th Vice President of Indonesia B. J. Habibie in 1998.

Inflected Forms

the Little Red Dot (canonical) Red Dot (alternative) The Red Dot (alternative) little red dots (plural)

Derived Forms

LRD

Synonyms

LRD

Rhymes With

not got lot a lot water lot shot hot not so hot cannot white-hot red-hot spot

Questions

What does little red dot mean?
Nickname for Singapore: a city, island, and country in Southeast Asia.
Where does little red dot come from?
From the appearance on maps indicating the position of Singapore, being a red dot position marker, that completely covers all of Singapore on such maps. Originally a derogatory term coined by 3rd President of Indonesia (1998—1999) and 7th Vice President of Indonesia B. J. Habibie in 1998.

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