"sofa king" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

IPA: /ˈsəʊfə kɪŋ/ [UK], /ˈsoʊfə kɪŋ/ [US] Audio: En-au-sofa king.ogg
Etymology: Punning form of so fucking. Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} sofa king (not comparable)
  1. (slang, rare, humorous, nonstandard) Very, extremely. Tags: humorous, nonstandard, not-comparable, rare, slang Synonyms: Sofa King

Alternative forms

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  "etymology_text": "Punning form of so fucking.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
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          "parents": [],
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "1999, Diesel Boy, Sofa King Cool (album title)."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006 November, Sophea, “Pen Pals”, in Robert Kirkman, Invincible, number 37, Image Comics, Inc.:",
          "text": "Kirkman, Ottley, and Crabtree (aka K.O.C.), / Another great character development issue that was Sofa King great and effin’ good.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Avram Mednick, Pattaya Hash:",
          "text": "“I'm Sofa King lucky!” he thought, as he drifted off.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Jenny Hollowell, Everything Lovely, Effortless, Safe, page 85:",
          "text": "So fucking beautiful, Jules kept saying and the dictator's grandson repeated after her, trying out the words. Sofa king beautiful, he chanted. Sofa king beautiful.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Arlaina Tibensky, And Then Things Fall Apart:",
          "text": "“That is sofa king ridiculous, Mom.” “And don't 'sofa king' me, Keek. In the mood for this, I am not.”",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012 February 29, “Sofa King ad banned in UK over F-bomb similarity”, in New York Post:",
          "text": "The Sofa King said the phrase \"Where the Prices are Sofa King Low!\" had been the firm's slogan since it began trading nine years ago",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012 March 1, Language Log:",
          "text": "To me, this all seems sofa king stupid.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, New Jersey Newsroom.com, February 10, 2012)",
          "text": "N.Y. Knicks' Jeremy Lin: Dunks are Sofa King unexpected"
        },
        {
          "text": "2015, Spek Won, Sofa King Amazing (album title)."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019, Andrea Bartz, chapter 6, in The Lost Night, New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 91:",
          "text": "I like him so much it’s embarrassing. I am sitting in my cubicle beaming like an idiot even though I’m super hungover and my hair smells like smoke and I clearly didn’t shower before booking it into work. He is sofa king hot.",
          "type": "quote"
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      "glosses": [
        "Very, extremely."
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          "Very",
          "very"
        ],
        [
          "extremely",
          "extremely"
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        "(slang, rare, humorous, nonstandard) Very, extremely."
      ],
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          "word": "Sofa King"
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        "nonstandard",
        "not-comparable",
        "rare",
        "slang"
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      "ipa": "/ˈsəʊfə kɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsoʊfə kɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
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  "etymology_text": "Punning form of so fucking.",
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      },
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    }
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        "English multiword terms",
        "English nonstandard terms",
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with rare senses",
        "English uncomparable adverbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "1999, Diesel Boy, Sofa King Cool (album title)."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006 November, Sophea, “Pen Pals”, in Robert Kirkman, Invincible, number 37, Image Comics, Inc.:",
          "text": "Kirkman, Ottley, and Crabtree (aka K.O.C.), / Another great character development issue that was Sofa King great and effin’ good.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Avram Mednick, Pattaya Hash:",
          "text": "“I'm Sofa King lucky!” he thought, as he drifted off.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Jenny Hollowell, Everything Lovely, Effortless, Safe, page 85:",
          "text": "So fucking beautiful, Jules kept saying and the dictator's grandson repeated after her, trying out the words. Sofa king beautiful, he chanted. Sofa king beautiful.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Arlaina Tibensky, And Then Things Fall Apart:",
          "text": "“That is sofa king ridiculous, Mom.” “And don't 'sofa king' me, Keek. In the mood for this, I am not.”",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012 February 29, “Sofa King ad banned in UK over F-bomb similarity”, in New York Post:",
          "text": "The Sofa King said the phrase \"Where the Prices are Sofa King Low!\" had been the firm's slogan since it began trading nine years ago",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012 March 1, Language Log:",
          "text": "To me, this all seems sofa king stupid.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, New Jersey Newsroom.com, February 10, 2012)",
          "text": "N.Y. Knicks' Jeremy Lin: Dunks are Sofa King unexpected"
        },
        {
          "text": "2015, Spek Won, Sofa King Amazing (album title)."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019, Andrea Bartz, chapter 6, in The Lost Night, New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 91:",
          "text": "I like him so much it’s embarrassing. I am sitting in my cubicle beaming like an idiot even though I’m super hungover and my hair smells like smoke and I clearly didn’t shower before booking it into work. He is sofa king hot.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "Very, extremely."
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        [
          "Very",
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        [
          "extremely",
          "extremely"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, rare, humorous, nonstandard) Very, extremely."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "humorous",
        "nonstandard",
        "not-comparable",
        "rare",
        "slang"
      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsəʊfə kɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsoʊfə kɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-sofa king.ogg",
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Sofa King"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sofa king"
}

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