okie
/ˈoʊ.ki/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.47 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Will Rogers is considered a famous Okie."
- "[I]n the towns, the storekeepers hated them because they had no money to spend. There is no shorter path to a storekeeper’s contempt, and all his admirations are exactly opposite. The town men, little bankers, hated Okies because there was nothing to gain from them."
- "One time we broke into an Okie house where everybody was getting ready to go to a funeral."
- "When, in high school, I was at the depth of my self-loathing-as-sissy, a brilliant young man arrived in Chickasha to become choral director at the high school. My friends and I had never met anyone like him: urbane, brilliant, dedicated to professional standards, a real taskmaster, who seemed to care for us little Okie hicks."
Etymology
Shortening of Oklahoma, + -ie.
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈoʊ.ki/
Usage
- American usage
- Derogatory
- Informal