offendotron
UK/əˈfɛn.dəˌtɹɒn/US/əˈfɛn.dəˌtɹɑn/
offendotron noun: a person who makes it their business to take offense wherever possible.
Noun
offendotron (plural offendotrons)
- A person who makes it their business to take offense wherever possible.
- On BBCR4 at 08.50 this a.m., there was a very good "Point of View" by Roger Scruton where he pissed all over the militant (or Millie Tant, as Viz would have it) feminists and other offendotrons who lurk around looking for anything to be offended by.2015, Tim Streater, “Fucking bastards with more money than sense!”, in uk.d-i-y (Usenet)
- The problem with the OED is that's it's not a comprehensive list of all possible offending combinations. I thing^([sic]) high time and only reasonable that offendotrons gave us the complete list of crimes and misdemeanours. They're only hurting themselves by keeping some offenses secret until they...2017, Julian, “Re: The Teflon Slur List”, in alt.buddha.short.fat.guy (Usenet)
Forms of offendotron
| plural | offendotrons |
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Origin of offendotron
From offend + -o- + -tron.
Questions about offendotron
- What does offendotron mean?
- Offendotron means a person who makes it their business to take offense wherever possible.
- What part of speech is offendotron?
- Offendotron is a noun.
- How do you pronounce offendotron?
- Offendotron is pronounced /əˈfɛn.dəˌtɹɒn/ (UK).
- What is the plural of offendotron?
- The plural of offendotron is offendotrons.
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