shock horror
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.14 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
intj
An expression of amazement at something controversial.
Example Sentences
- "The identity of the secretive street artist has been outed by a Sunday newspaper and, shock horror, he's middle class."
- "The bulk of Castro's Secrets argues […] that Castro was aware that Lee Harvey Oswald was going to try to kill Kennedy in Dallas and (shock horror) did not warn the US authorities, ‘the most despicable decision during his nearly five decades in power’."