Phrase guide

twenty-five cent word

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Synonym of ten-dollar word.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, US, dated

Examples

  • 1988, Howard Rosenthal, Not With My Life I Don’t: Preventing Your Suicide and That of Others, Muncie, Indiana: Accelerated Development, Inc., Chapter 4, p. 18, Some of the most incredible cases I have ever worked with involve the act of pulling strands of hair from one’s own head. Psychiatrists and psychologists have a twenty-five cent word for this behavior. They call it Trichotillomania.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ten-dollar word

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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