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Barbieheimer

US/ˈbɑɹbiˌhaɪmər/

Barbieheimer is the alternative form of Barbenheimer.

Meaning of Barbenheimer

Proper noun

Barbenheimer

  1. (humorous, informal, neologism) The simultaneous theatrical release on July 21, 2023 of two blockbuster films of contrasting genres: Barbie, a fantasy comedy about the eponymous fashion doll, and Oppenheimer, a biographical thriller about physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project.
    • Though unions with workers in digital media or with companies that offer online shopping have invoked the idea of a digital picket line, the actors’ and writers’ unions have not called on consumers to stop watching television and movies on streaming services or to cancel their “Barbenheimer”...2023 July 19, Claire Moses, “Can I Watch ‘Barbenheimer’ Despite the Hollywood Strikes?”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on...

Origin of Barbieheimer

Blend of Barbie + Oppenheimer. Named after American physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer.

Questions about Barbieheimer

What is Barbieheimer the alternative form of?
Barbieheimer is the alternative form of Barbenheimer.
How do you pronounce Barbieheimer?
Barbieheimer is pronounced /ˈbɑɹbiˌhaɪmər/ (US).

Words near Barbieheimer in the dictionary

  1. Barbie pinks
  2. Barbie shipper
  3. Barbie shippers
  4. Barbiecore
  5. Barbiefication
  6. Barbieheimer
  7. Barbieri
  8. Barbieris
  9. barbierite
  10. barbiers
  11. barbies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Barbieheimer (page history and authors); Barbenheimer (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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