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snowclones

snowclones is the plural of snowclone.

snowclones is the third-person singular simple present indicative of snowclone.

Meaning of snowclone

Noun

snowclone (plural snowclones)

  1. A formulaic phrase that can be customized to fit a variety of contexts.
    • I stumbled upon the site the other day, when I was looking up the origins of the "Im not an X, but I play one on TV" snowclone.2005 November 5, auuV, “Some articles that I like. They are about language,”, in alt.running.out.of.newsgroup.names (Usenet)

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Questions about snowclones

What is snowclones the plural of?
Snowclones is the plural of snowclone.

Words near snowclones in the dictionary

  1. snowclad
  2. snowclone
  3. snowcloned
  4. snowcloneification
  5. snowcloneifications
  6. snowclones
  7. snowcloning
  8. snowcloud
  9. snowclouds
  10. snowcoach
  11. snowcoaches

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