Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

never-never

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.61 in modern English

Syllables
nev-er-n-ev-er
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
5
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The hire purchase system, or credit purchases.

British usage; Colloquial

noun

The Australian outback.

Australian usage

Etymology

Usage

Inflected Forms

the never-never (canonical)

Phrases

Synonyms

Questions

What does never-never mean?
The hire purchase system, or credit purchases.
Where does never-never come from?
Suggesting that the would-be purchaser may never manage to complete the payments and take ownership.

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