mimophant
/ˈmɪməfənt/
mimophant noun: a person with extreme social self-centered double standards, especially about personal feelings.
Noun
mimophant (plural mimophants)
- A person with extreme social self-centered double standards, especially about personal feelings.
- Sunday, 16th June [1985]...Nico has invented a portmanteau word which applies to people like Garrett and Derek Hill, who are keenly sensitive about their own feelings while treading on the toes of others. It is ‘mimophant’. The mimosa is reputed to curl up when touched; the elephant - well!2003, James Lees-Milne, Beneath A Waning Moon; Diaries, 1985–1987, page 31
- In Rejkjavik to cover the match, the novelist Arthur Koestler famously coined the neologism "mimophant" to describe Fischer. "A mimophant is a hybrid species: a cross between a mimosa and an elephant. A member of this species is sensitive like a mimosa where his own feelings are concerned and...2004, David Edmonds, John Eidinow, Bobby Fischer Goes To War, page 24
Forms of mimophant
| plural | mimophants |
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Origin of mimophant
Blend of mimosa + elephant, coined by Arthur Koestler in 1972.
Questions about mimophant
- What does mimophant mean?
- Mimophant means a person with extreme social self-centered double standards, especially about personal feelings.
- What part of speech is mimophant?
- Mimophant is a noun.
- How do you pronounce mimophant?
- Mimophant is pronounced /ˈmɪməfənt/.
- What is the plural of mimophant?
- The plural of mimophant is mimophants.
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