coupon queen
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6.7
- noun
- Informal
:
reina de los cupones
- Everyone knows her as the coupon queen because she always has a stack of coupons ready for checkout.
Examples
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As a coupon queen, she manages to save hundreds of dollars each year on her family's shopping.
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Mama June is a self-described "coupon queen," but she spends her money on junk.
Blog text (24) -
My grandmother is a true coupon queen, always finding the best deals at the grocery store.
How Skilled
- Informal
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6.7
5
3.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is directly interpretable by combining 'coupon' (a discount voucher) with the metaphorical use of 'queen' meaning someone preeminent or expert in a domain, so a learner who knows both words can infer 'a woman who is excellent at using coupons.' This noun-noun compounding and the figurative use of 'queen' to signal top status is productive and cross-linguistically familiar, making the expression immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner.
Etymology
The name coupon queen comes from the idea of a woman who treats coupons like treasure and rules over them like a queen, always finding the best deals. So it means a woman who is very good at using coupons to 'save money'.