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sosumi

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
so-su-mi
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An alert chime sampled from a xylophone, used by Apple Inc. computers.

Uncountable

Etymology

Coined by Apple employee Jim Reekes in 1991, as a faux-Japanese word, that in fact was a phonetic rendering of so sue me, in reference to an ongoing lawsuit with Apple Corps over use of musical chimes.

Usage

Questions

What does sosumi mean?
An alert chime sampled from a xylophone, used by Apple Inc. computers.
Where does sosumi come from?
Coined by Apple employee Jim Reekes in 1991, as a faux-Japanese word, that in fact was a phonetic rendering of so sue me, in reference to an ongoing lawsuit with Apple Corps over use of musical chimes.

How to pronounce sosumi

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