trade-last
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.05 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A compliment heard about another person, offered to be repeated to that person in exchange for another repeated compliment about the speaker.
American usage
Example Sentences
- "American adolescents regularly deal in "trade-lasts," compliments in exchange for another. They will tell you something flattering about yourself after you tell them a flattering remark you have heard about them."
- "So autobiographical was The Children's Hour that there are even “TL's” between the children, those “trade lasts” in which people must come up with compliments they have heard about each other, a game which amused Lily […]"
Usage
- American usage