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flying purple people eater

flying purple people eater noun: a fanciful monster.

Noun

flying purple people eater (plural flying purple people eaters)

  1. (US) A fanciful monster.
    • He exits quickly, looking like he's just seen the one-eyed, one-horned flying purple people eater. "Some gooks are in there!"2001, James D. Johnson, Combat chaplain: a thirty-year Vietnam battle, page 181
    • I used to be afraid to go to bed at night — the name was "one-eyed, one-eared flying purple people-eater."2003, Darcy O'Brien, The Hillside Stranglers, page 249
    Synonyms:
    boogeyman

Synonyms of flying purple people eater

Forms of flying purple people eater

pluralflying purple people eaters
alternative formflying purple people-eater

Origin of flying purple people eater

From The Purple People Eater, a song by Sheb Wooley, which describes the titular creature as a "flying purple people eater".

Questions about flying purple people eater

What does flying purple people eater mean?
Flying purple people eater means a fanciful monster.
What part of speech is flying purple people eater?
Flying purple people eater is a noun.
What is the plural of flying purple people eater?
The plural of flying purple people eater is flying purple people eaters.

Words near flying purple people eater in the dictionary

  1. flying phalangers
  2. flying picket
  3. flying pickets
  4. flying point
  5. flying points
  6. flying purple people eater
  7. flying purple people eaters
  8. flying purple people-eater
  9. flying purple people-eaters
  10. flying rat
  11. flying rats

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