Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thronie

/ˈθɹoʊ.ni/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: thronie
IPA: /ˈθɹoʊ.ni/

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fan of the American fantasy drama television series Game of Thrones. or the novel series A Song of Ice and Fire it is based on.

Slang

Example Sentences

"It takes a special breed of fan to get up early for a 12-hour Game of Thrones marathon, but it takes a true "Thronie" to do it the morning after a midnight screening of The Hunger Games."
"Back then, hard-core Thronies were probably still playing “The Rains of Castamere” on their lutes, […]"
"A diehard Thronie, as fans of the television fantasy series sometimes call themselves, the student from the Indian city of Chennai chides her fellow fans to gather for a group photo with the intertwining, enclosing trees of the Dark Hedges, the location for a brief but memorable scene from the series, as background."

Etymology

From throne + -ie, referencing the television series Game of Thrones.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: throne

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈθɹoʊ.ni/
British English: /ˈθɹəʊ.ni/

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

Thronies (plural)

Rhymes With

tony sony pony toni phony tyrone stony bologna bony macaroni joni oni

Questions

How do you pronounce thronie?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈθɹoʊ.ni/.
What does thronie mean?: A fan of the American fantasy drama television series Game of Thrones. or the novel series A Song of Ice and Fire it is based on.
Where does thronie come from?: From throne + -ie, referencing the television series Game of Thrones.

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