bandersnatch

Examples

• All

• ... and shun the frumious bandersnatch.

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• Thank you for your kind words; and I concur with your canny analysis of the current bandersnatch (aka threadjacker/bandwidth stealer).

  Blog text (21)

• In the story, the hero must confront the fearsome bandersnatch, a creature that embodies the unknown.

• The children laughed as they imagined the silly bandersnatch dancing in the moonlight.

Synonyms

B

booger

vsbandersnatch

• Archaic

15 9.9

An imaginary creature parents mention to frighten children

is used more generally for strange or imaginary things not mainly to scare kids

C

Cheshire cat

vsbandersnatch

• Literature

3 7.9

A cat in a story with a wide, strange smile that can disappear

is used for odd or imaginary things broadly rather than that specific smiling feline

J

Jabberwock

vsbandersnatch

• Literature

1 9.9

A frightening made-up monster in Lewis Carroll's poem Jabberwocky

is a general label for strange imaginary things rather than one fearsome monster

S

snark

vsbandersnatch

• Archaic

1 9.9

An imaginary animal invented by Lewis Carroll in a famous poem

is used as a general name for something strange or imaginary

W

whangdoodle

vsbandersnatch

• Archaic

1 9.9

An imaginary creature often found in children's stories

is a broader term for strange or imaginary things beyond playful mentions

B

boojum

vsbandersnatch

• Literature

9.9

An imaginary creature in Lewis Carroll's poem or a rare defect in physics

is mainly used for odd or imaginary things not for physics terms

I

imaginary creature

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• Literature

6.0

A made-up being that exists only in stories or imagination

is narrower often referring to a specific Carroll invention rather than any imaginary being

Surface Forms

Etymology