Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not fit to be mentioned or discussed; unspeakable.
- noun One that is not to be mentioned.
- noun Underclothes.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Incapable of being mentioned; unworthy of or unfit for being mentioned, named, or noticed.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Not
mentionable
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a garment worn under other garments
- adjective unsuitable or forbidden as a topic of conversation
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Examples
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However, I am irrationally obsessed with the idea of mosquito bites in unmentionable places.
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To not a few, and not all of them readers of a certain unmentionable newspaper in Chicago, the constitutional monarchy seemed an expensive anachronism.
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Englishmen will welcome the new American playright with the name unmentionable to ears polite, and will recognise in him, as _the_ Dam _par excellence_, their brother, as one of the uncommon descendants of A-DAM.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, October 1, 1892 Various
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But I am done with counselling her, - her tendency towards the unmentionable is too strong for/me/to stay it.
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Ummm … yes – I’d have to say he was bit in unmentionable areas.
ANTS IN THE PANTS. No Joke. Will 2008
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Ummm … yes – I’d have to say he was bit in unmentionable areas.
Archive 2008-11-01 Will 2008
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The War on Terror debate’s great unmentionable is this: We lack the technology to get from here to there.
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So far as I have been able to determine since our return, I think that I came away from the experience with nearly 400 digital photos, 60 lbs of dirty laundry, innumerable mosquito bites in unmentionable places and the discomfiting realization that I am currently marching determinedly into the condition of being relentlessly boring and that that’s okay.
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So far as I have been able to determine since our return, I think that I came away from the experience with nearly 400 digital photos, 60 lbs of dirty laundry, innumerable mosquito bites in unmentionable places and the discomfiting realization that I am currently marching determinedly into the condition of being relentlessly boring and that that’s okay.
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So far as I have been able to determine since our return, I think that I came away from the experience with nearly 400 digital photos, 60 lbs of dirty laundry, innumerable mosquito bites in unmentionable places and the discomfiting realization that I am currently marching determinedly into the condition of being relentlessly boring and that that’s okay.
lea commented on the word unmentionable
Poo: A Natural History of the Unmentionable. This must be some sort of a sign of civilization... or then not.
March 26, 2009
bilby commented on the word unmentionable
first listed by:
Lea
:-)
March 26, 2009
lea commented on the word unmentionable
Is this my.. pants status? I'm quite newbie on Twitter... *rolling her eyes in horror*
March 26, 2009
nuxiy commented on the word unmentionable
Twitter is awesome. Too bad it isnt really used much in Norway.
March 26, 2009