Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zoidberg

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.18 in modern English

Syllables: zoid-berg
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A humorous person who is treated badly by others.

Example Sentences

"Yemen, the zoidberg of the Cold War"
"So what you're saying is Madison was the Zoidberg of the group."
"T-Dog is the Zoidberg of the zombie apocalypse."

Etymology

From the character Zoidberg from the television show Futurama.

Inflected Forms

Zoidbergs (plural)

Questions

What does zoidberg mean?: A humorous person who is treated badly by others.
Where does zoidberg come from?: From the character Zoidberg from the television show Futurama.

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