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three stooges

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.91 in modern English

Syllables
three- s-tooges
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A group of three stupid people.

Etymology

From The Three Stooges (1922-1970), a comedy troupe whose stage act and short films featured three quarrelsome and absurd characters of low intelligence, given to insults and violent slapstick, who often stood in contrast with or were manipulated by characters of a higher social class.

Questions

What does three stooges mean?
A group of three stupid people.
Where does three stooges come from?
From The Three Stooges (1922-1970), a comedy troupe whose stage act and short films featured three quarrelsome and absurd characters of low intelligence, given to insults and violent slapstick, who often stood in contrast with or were manipulated by characters of a higher social class.

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