Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

become the joker

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.73 in modern English

Syllables: be-come the jok-er
IPA

34

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To have a breakdown; especially to be driven to violence by something maddening.

Humorous

Example Sentences

"Listen, Shepard’s story is great, but it’s finished. Please. Don’t make me become The Joker."
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"“I don’t mean to overreact, but if anything happens to Dogmeat I’m going to become the Joker,” said one Reddit user while on X, some fans have promised to “riot” if Dogmeat gets hurt in the show."

Etymology

From a fake screenshot of the 2019 movie Joker posted by Twitter user @internethippo, in which the eponymous character says "I can't believe mother threw away my Nintendo. I'm going to become the Joker."

Usage

Humorous

Inflected Forms

becomes the Joker (present, singular) becoming the Joker (participle, present) became the Joker (past)

Derived Forms

Jokerfication

Questions

What does become the joker mean?: To have a breakdown; especially to be driven to violence by something maddening.
Where does become the joker come from?: From a fake screenshot of the 2019 movie Joker posted by Twitter user @internethippo, in which the eponymous character says "I can't believe mother threw away my Nintendo. I'm going to become the Joker."

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