mancunianism
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A word or phrase characteristic of the city of Manchester or the Mancunian dialect.
Example Sentences
- "To go along with another famous epigram from the Manchester of the period: “Adulteration of food was only a form of competition.” The two were combined in yet a third vintage Mancunianism. [footnote]"
- "Surely there were *male* borogoves too? Never heard of mimsy meaning that down yere in Kairdiff, perhaps it's a Mancunianism."
- "I told her the Tina story, at length, throwing in a few Mancunianisms to go with the accent, and she laughed through it. I was enjoying myself, too."