Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Slang A phenomenon, especially a remarkable or outstanding person.
Wiktionary
- n. Someone or something that is phenomenal, especially a young player in sports like baseball, American football, basketball, tennis, and golf
- n. One who is hip and fashionable
Etymologies
- From phenomenon ("remarkable occurrence") by shortening. First use in United States around 1890s. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“My corollary to this phenom is the plain-clothes adults trick or treating with an infant sleeping in a stroller - yeah, because the 4 month old will be digging into the laffy taffy any day soon.”
“WR Marcus Lucas — A 6-4 prep phenom from the Kansas City area, Lucas figures to compete immediately for a job at MU's outside receiver positions.”
“The 5-foot-7-inch, 150-pound rookie phenom is among the NFL leaders in kickoff and punt returns.”
“October 22, 2008 at 1: 33 am as Good as ghost walk was The rising phenom is hard to beat.”
“Well the quicksand phenom, is just about to take a new turn.”
“Well, it may not be a word, but the third YouTube phenom is 'Chunky Pam' a full-figured white woman, who raps in defense of Jersey on YouTube.”
“NEW YORK Sidney Crosby, the 17-year-old hockey phenom, is a household name in Canada.”
USATODAY.com - Can teenager Crosby repair NHL's sagging image?
“Columbus LW Rick Nash: Blue Jackets phenom is a budding, elite power forward with Cam Neely potential.”
USATODAY.com - At 22, Sabres' Miller busts goaltending curve
“Rodriguez, the Angels phenom from a year ago, showed how important it is to have a dominant setup man, as he blazed his way to five wins in the postseason.”
“Clement, who had a rocky season himself, and bringing in phenom Josh Beckett.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘phenom’.
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POL - people in power
daredevil, tzar, king, boss, master, commander, chief, kingpin, top banana, bigwig, big cheese, big wheel and 452 more...
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®emovies
Movies or TV shows where the titles are also common words, generally one-word titles.
lost, alien, bug, elephant, siege, gladiator, flock, captivity, piano, roots, freaks, moonstruck and 269 more...
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Fun with Apocopes
Words created by removing the end of a longer or original word. See also Fun with Aphesis.
abs, ad, bio, veg, veggie, tux, auto, bike, carbs, pecs, bro, sis and 186 more...
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ShuckFinn's Words
abecedarian, conflate, mondegreen, whit, truculent, downright, pugnacious, effluvium, canker, inveigle, obfuscate, melancholy and 227 more...
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rhii's words to remember and incorporate
Just whatever words I might happen across in my wanderings that I find myself compelled to write down so that I remember to try to use them. Not necessarily unusual words, but worthwhile ones.
redact, treatise, vitrify, cogitate, propensity, silphium, saccharine, minutiae, sluicing, dalliance, remonstrated, carnelian and 131 more...
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SomeOldDoor's list
Lovely words.
clover, cedar, bromide, glyph, belfry, glance, vehemently, well, flourish, plaintive, clarion, element and 169 more...
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danaclaire82's Words
spoon, waffle, discombobulated, rectify, festive, filigree, cantelope, ointment, dank, sneaky, gargantuan, moist and 2 more...
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Words that are also TV shows
Trace back the chain of "this idea was ripped off from" over here.
alias, lost, heroes, journeyman, blossom, monk, scrubs, reaper, hack, legend, recess, firefly and 62 more...
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nouns
tyke, twerp, scab, buoy, segue, quandary, vibe, frailty, apparition, malice, slumber, thespian and 44 more...
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