2.4 children
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.80 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A stereotypical characteristic of normal family life; frequently used ironically.
Example Sentences
- "Maybe their pastoral family, with their 2.4 children, is at the perfect age and life stage for that church, and yours does not seem to be (or vice versa)."
- "In the 1960s and 1970s it was normal to marry and have babies at a young age – girls were routinely leaving school at sixteen, marrying at eighteen and having their 2.4 children before their twenty-third birthday.."
- "The heterosexual, monogamous, married for life couple, exclusively committed to the upbringing of their 2.4 children, was the family unit that adoption was legally designed to replicate."
Etymology
From what was once the average (and therefore supposedly typical) number of children per household in the United Kingdom.
Phrases
2.5 kids
Frequently Paired Words
2.5 kids