Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rookie numbers

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.07 in modern English

Syllables: rook-ie num-bers
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Low numbers or a small amount of something, especially seen as signaling one's inexperience or naïveté.

Humorous; Slang

Example Sentences

"Compared to Bezos, Zoom's insider dumps are rookie numbers."
"Garfield recently discussed how he got into character as a Jesuit priest for the movie Silence by being celibate for half a year. But Barrymore's reaction? Those are rookie numbers!"
"As the protector of Wallachia and Transylvania, [Vlad Dracula] was a far more bloodthirsty ruler than the infamous Queen Mary I, Mary Tudor, also known as Bloody Mary; she burned 280 religious dissenters at the stake during her reign. Those are rookie numbers to Dracula."

Etymology

A reference to Matthew McConaughey's character Mark Hanna in the 2013 film The Wolf of Wall Street, who advises protagonist Jordan Belfort to masturbate more frequently: "You gotta pump those numbers up. Those are rookie numbers in this racket."

Usage

Questions

What does rookie numbers mean?: Low numbers or a small amount of something, especially seen as signaling one's inexperience or naïveté.
Where does rookie numbers come from?: A reference to Matthew McConaughey's character Mark Hanna in the 2013 film The Wolf of Wall Street, who advises protagonist Jordan Belfort to masturbate more frequently: "You gotta pump those numbers up. Those are rookie numbers in this racket."

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