naughty step

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈnɔːti ˌstɛp/
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• General-American: /ˈnɔti ˌstɛp/
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• General-American: /ˈnɑti-/
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• General-American: [-ɾi-]
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According to the Oxford English Dictionary, sense 2 (“state of disgrace, exclusion from a group, or punishment”) is attested earlier than sense 1 (“place where a child is sent to sit as a punishment”), though logically sense 2 follows from sense 1. The term was popularized by the professional nanny and author Jo Frost (born 1970) in the British television show Supernanny (first broadcast in 2004).

7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Danish: skammekrog — place such as a particular step on a staircase or a stool, where a child is sent to sit in silence as a punishment
• Finnish: porras, jolle lapsi laitetaan istumaan rangaistuksena — place such as a particular step on a staircase or a stool, where a child is sent to sit in silence as a punishment
• Icelandic: skammarkrókur — place such as a particular step on a staircase or a stool, where a child is sent to sit in silence as a punishment
• Norwegian Bokmål: skammekrok — place such as a particular step on a staircase or a stool, where a child is sent to sit in silence as a punishment
• Finnish: häpeänurkka — state of disgrace, exclusion from a group, or punishment as a result of a misdemeanour
• Finnish: jäähypenkki — state of disgrace, exclusion from a group, or punishment as a result of a misdemeanour
• Icelandic: skammarkrókur — state of disgrace, exclusion from a group, or punishment as a result of a misdemeanour