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thagomizer

/ˈθæɡ.ə.maɪ.zəɹ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
thagomiz-er
IPA
/ˈθæɡ.ə.maɪ.zəɹ/
25
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An arrangement of spikes found on the tails of various stegosaurs.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Coined by cartoonist Gary Larson in 1982. His comic strip (image on the right) shows a caveman giving a lecture illustrating this part of a dinosaur, with the caption "Now this end is called the thagomizer... after the late Thag Simmons". See -ize, -er.

Inflected Forms

thagomizers (plural) thagomiser (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce thagomizer?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈθæɡ.ə.maɪ.zəɹ/.
What does thagomizer mean?
An arrangement of spikes found on the tails of various stegosaurs.
Where does thagomizer come from?
Coined by cartoonist Gary Larson in 1982. His comic strip (image on the right) shows a caveman giving a lecture illustrating this part of a dinosaur, with the caption "Now this end is called the thagomizer... after the late Thag Simmons". See -ize, -er.

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