thneed
/ˈθniːd/
thneed noun: a useless product which is advertised as being needed by everybody, but which in fact no one needs.
Noun
thneed (plural thneeds)
- A useless product which is advertised as being needed by everybody, but which in fact no one needs.
- Do You Really, I Mean REALLY, Need a Thneed?2000, David Kumar, Daryl Chubin, Science, Technology, and Society: A Sourcebook on Research and Practice, page 221
- I needed orange juice, a toothbrush, a blood transfusion, a Bloody Mary, Abigale Ponders, Leslie Cunningham, a Thneed, someone to watch over me, a miracle every day—anything but a moment of truth between myself and Zelmo Swift.2004, Jonathan Lethem, The Fortress of Solitude, page 361
Examples of thneed in a sentence
- Call now—the remarkable 'thneed' is available only while supplies last...”2012, Shauna Springer, Marriage, for Equals: The Successful Joint (Ad)Ventures of Well-Educated Couples, page 12:
- I saw someone call AI a Thneed and I can't stop thinking about it.2025 October 28, Kasey Gifford (@kaseygifford.bsky.social), Bluesky:
Forms of thneed
| plural | thneeds |
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Origin of thneed
Coined in 1972 by Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel in the children's book The Lorax, as a rhyme for English need.
Words that rhyme with thneed
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- weed
- proceed
- stampede
- concede
- accede
- deed
- exceed
- need
- bede
- knead
- mislead
- plead
- rede
- swede
- cede
- creed
- godspeed
- heed
- intercede
- keyed
- leed
- meed
- precede
- recede
- tumbleweed
- a friend in need is a friend indeed
- beread
- greed
- he'd
- indeed
- interbreed
- kneed
- mead
- secede
- she'd
- sneed
- steed
- supersede
- underfeed
- we'd
- ye'd
- agreed
- anasheed
- aniseed
- atheed
- caid
- co-feed
- cofeed
Questions about thneed
- What does thneed mean?
- Thneed means a useless product which is advertised as being needed by everybody, but which in fact no one needs.
- How do you use thneed in a sentence?
- Call now—the remarkable 'thneed' is available only while supplies last...”
- What part of speech is thneed?
- Thneed is a noun.
- How do you pronounce thneed?
- Thneed is pronounced /ˈθniːd/.
- What is the plural of thneed?
- The plural of thneed is thneeds.
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Source and license
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