snowflake
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8.6
- noun
- /ˈsnoʊfleɪk/
- Offensive
- You are not a beautiful and unique snowflake, you understand me?
- liberal snowflakes
- Hollywood snowflakes
- unique snowflake
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Watch on YouTubeSo that's why in today's world of snowflakes, your book can't hurt me.
- So that's why in today's world of snowflakes, your book can't hurt me.
- It's a typical trigger city snowflake situation like they have on Fox.
- The new generation have been called snowflakes, millennials, soft.
- Like you like you fucking snowflakes get over it.
- That's why so many kids are snowflakes because their parents were snowflakes.
- But but that doesn't mean that every sort of degree of snowflake fragility has got to be recognised.
- You know, there are a lot of folks who would call the concept of safe spaces a snowflake concept.
- It's, I mean, I'm by no need a prude or a snowflake, but I am all about preserving the essence of children.
- They're all special, wonderful, beautiful cringe snowflakes of their own kind creating.
Examples
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The new generation have been called snowflakes, millennials, soft.
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Let them vacate the country immediately so other special snowflakes can have their shot at greatness.
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You know, there are a lot of folks who would call the concept of safe spaces a snowflake concept.
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I fit all of your criteria, including being about as special a snowflake as I can possibly be.
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No one should be mocked as a snowflake for finding it so hard.
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Indeed, the idea that we are all special snowflakes is part of a narrative.
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Do you think only you and other special snowflakes should go to craft fairs?
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So we're using social media for the good and people using social media to vent their wimpy snowflake loser attitudes.
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That's why so many kids are snowflakes because their parents were snowflakes.
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Some people believe that calling someone a snowflake shows a lack of understanding for their feelings.
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Offensive
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9.8
Believing you are unique and should get extra attention from others
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8.1
A European plant with narrow leaves and clusters of small white star-shaped flowers
- Offensive
A way of thinking that makes you get upset when people criticize you and think you are special
How Sensitive
Surface Forms
Morphology
snowflake = snow + flake (semi-transparent) = snow + flake
The slang sense is a metaphorical extension from the literal image of a delicate or unique snowflake to a person seen as fragile or claiming uniqueness; the link is recognizable but the exact evaluative meaning ('overly sensitive') is not strictly derivable from the parts.
Etymology
A helpful way to remember the slang use of snowflake is the idea of a snowflake as 'unique' and that it can 'melt' easily, so calling someone a snowflake means they seem to think they are special and get upset quickly.