barneyesque
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Resembling or characteristic of Barney from the American children’s television series Barney & Friends, a purple anthropomorphic Tyrannosaurus rex who conveys educational messages through songs and small dance routines with a friendly, huggable and optimistic attitude.
Example Sentences
- "It’s strange what a few red and white candy-cane fashioned posts can do for a campus. And how easily a carousel lined with big plastic Barneyesque dinosaurs can enliven a normally adult space."
- "Marylen Costumes […] Offers a big selection of somewhat “Barneyesque” designs and a reasonably serious T. rex."
- "So for a couple of years I spent lots of time leafing through children’s picture books. And I discovered that the great majority were mediocre or worse—banal, treacly, shallow, half-assed, depressingly Barneyesque."
- "I ALWAYS THOUGHT THE commercials for Death to Smoochy were baffling. They primarily feature Robin Williams bibbling around in his pixieish way, slamming into walls and jumping on some guy. Why, I wondered, are they advertising it like this when they’ve got an obvious high concept to push: a disgraced children’s entertainer loses it and decides to kill his replacement, a guy in a cute Barneyesque rhino costume?"
- "DEATH TO SMOOCHY ◆ (108 mins., R) Set in the Barneyesque world of children’s television, this comedy of backstabbing overkill tells a moldy-oldie, not-nearly-as-nasty-as-it-thinks-it-is joke."
- "When it comes to grading papers, the color red is out. Now in vogue: the very Barneyesque shade of purple."
Etymology
From Barney + -esque.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more Barneyesque (comparative)
most Barneyesque (superlative)