Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

skinny legend

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.86 in modern English

Syllables: skin-ny le-gend
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A term of endearment, used especially of celebrities by fans.

Humorous

Example Sentences

"I grin as wide as the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Aorta, you are officially a skinny legend."
"In certain celebrity-obsessed corners of the Internet, there is no greater compliment than being called a "skinny legend.""
"Remember that harness Timothée Chalamet wore to the Oscars last year? An impossibly skinny legend named Violet Chachki has a thing or two to say about that."

Etymology

From skinny + legend. Its precise origins are unclear, but the earliest known occurrence was on Twitter in 2012. Subsequently adopted by fandoms of celebrities such as Christina Aguilera, and gained more widespread use around the late 2010's.

Usage

Humorous

Inflected Forms

skinny legends (plural)

Questions

What does skinny legend mean?: A term of endearment, used especially of celebrities by fans.
Where does skinny legend come from?: From skinny + legend. Its precise origins are unclear, but the earliest known occurrence was on Twitter in 2012. Subsequently adopted by fandoms of celebrities such as Christina Aguilera, and gained more widespread use around the late 2010's.

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