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dinnerbone

dinnerbone verb: to be upside down; to flip (something) upside down.

dinnerbone: to be upside down; to flip (something) upside down
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Verb

dinnerbone (third-person singular simple present dinnerbones, present participle dinnerboning, simple past and past participle dinnerboned)

  1. (Internet, ambitransitive, humorous, uncommon) To be upside down; to flip (something) upside down.

Forms of dinnerbone

third-person singular presentdinnerbones
present participledinnerboning
past participledinnerboned
pastdinnerboned
alternative formDinnerbone

Origin of dinnerbone

From the sandbox video game Minecraft, in which applying a name tag to a mob (game entity) with the custom name Dinnerbone turns that entity upside down. This feature is a reference to Nathan 'Dinnerbone' Adams, a Minecraft developer, who commonly displays himself and his online avatars upside down as a signature trope. Adams' username is a tribute to the name of a former online friend, Teabone, perhaps related to T-bone.

Questions about dinnerbone

What does dinnerbone mean?
Dinnerbone means to be upside down; to flip (something) upside down.
What part of speech is dinnerbone?
Dinnerbone is a verb.
What is the past tense of dinnerbone?
The past tense of dinnerbone is dinnerboned.

Words near dinnerbone in the dictionary

  1. dinner-party
  2. dinner-table
  3. dinner-tables
  4. dinner-time
  5. dinner-times
  6. dinnerbone
  7. dinnerboned
  8. dinnerboning
  9. dinnered
  10. dinnerette
  11. dinnerettes

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