Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A corruption of cater-cornered.
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- adjective US
Catercorner .
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- adjective slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line
Etymologies
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Examples
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He kitty-cornered the intersection and pulled up alongside her.
The Servant Problem Robert F. Young 1950
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With the chicken, Billy's mother served "kitty-cornered" sandwiches of brown bread filled with cream cheese and chopped nuts.
Entertaining Made Easy Emily Rose Burt
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The invitations were folded kitty-cornered and inside of each appeared
Entertaining Made Easy Emily Rose Burt
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Police expect to soon open a district station at the busy corner of First Avenue East and 15th Street SE, kitty-cornered from the Road Ranger, in the heart of pedestrian traffic through that part of town.
unknown title 2009
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Police expect to soon open a district station at the busy corner of First Avenue East and 15th Street SE, kitty-cornered from the Road Ranger, in the heart of pedestrian traffic through that part of town.
unknown title 2009
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Police expect to soon open a district station at the busy corner of First Avenue East and 15th Street SE, kitty-cornered from the Road Ranger, in the heart of pedestrian traffic through that part of town.
unknown title 2009
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'n' down and kitty-cornered crossways, 'n' if I keep on gettin 'poor,
Susan Clegg and Her Neighbors' Affairs Anne Warner 1891
abraxaszugzwang commented on the word kitty-cornered
Had a disagreement at work today over whether it's catty or kitty-cornered. He argues that since definition sites come up on google when catty-cornered is entered, catty must be correct. But I pointed out that kitty-cornered has 100,000 some odd more results, meaning it's more popular. He tried pulling argumentum ad populum saying that a lot of people using a word doesn't make it a word. He cited the OED as an authority on language.
Language evolves. Numbers matter. Condesceding prick.
September 20, 2007
reesetee commented on the word kitty-cornered
Eesh. You tell 'em, Abraxas. :-)
And anyway, around here I've always heard it without the "ed" at the end, whichever version is used. So it also depends on where you are.
September 20, 2007
oroboros commented on the word kitty-cornered
Also: catercorner.
September 20, 2007
trivet commented on the word kitty-cornered
I say catty-corner and kitty-cornered...
September 21, 2007
reesetee commented on the word kitty-cornered
Let's call the whole thing off. ;-)
September 21, 2007
abraxaszugzwang commented on the word kitty-cornered
Yes! I completely agree.
September 21, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word kitty-cornered
He's still a condescending prick though. Why would you say something like "Look at Google. Google's results must be right!"?
October 7, 2007
JiLLiAnWhiT commented on the word kitty-cornered
I like it
November 3, 2013