scrunchie
/ˈskɹʌnt͡ʃi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.95 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Mr. Burns: Simpson! You'll rue the day you took a pie tin, made two holes for eyes, and tied a rubber band around the back! / Homer Simpson: It's not a rubber band, it's a Scrunchie!"
- "When he had it all caught in one hand, he said, “What do I put around it?” “A scrunchie.” “A whatie?” “Scrunchie. Don't tell me you don't have a scrunchie.” “I don't even know what the hell a scrunchie is.” “It's what you use to hold up ponytails. Duh.”"
- "The burgundy scrunchie that held her brown ponytail matched the trim of her Esprit socks."
Etymology
By reanalysis as scrunch + -ie from the brand name of the originator product, Scünci, which was a marketing-department alteration of the earliest name, Scunci, after the inventor's dog; more in Wikipedia at scrunchie § History.