warshington
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Pronunciation spelling of Washington (“Washington, D.C.”).
name
Washington, D.C., or (metonymic) the US government, seen as the origin and epicenter of American warmongering.
Derogatory; Slang
Example Sentences
- "Do you live in Washington or WaRshington? If it's the latter, you almost certainly drink waRter."
- "I grew up saying 'Warshington' until I was in about eighth grade and made fun of. Personally, I believe it was more of a regional dialect and NOT because I was poorly educated. Similar to how some people say crick instead of creek."
- "This movie features a lot of old guys talking in a "Warshington" accent."
- ""Senators live in Warshington," Maurice Levy contributed the information. "I been there.["]"
- "At a campaign rally in Ft. Dodge later that same day, he noted, "I may be just a simple country boy from Tikrit, but I know a thing or two about how Bush and them big shot fellers in Warshington, D.C. operate. They make all kinda fancy promises and big talk, and pretty soon you're out of a job.""
- "Maybe if Bush would get the military out of Iraq he could do something about the violence in Warshington D.C."
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