"dinnerbone" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: dinnerbones [present, singular, third-person], dinnerboning [participle, present], dinnerboned [participle, past], dinnerboned [past], Dinnerbone [alternative]
Etymology: From the sandbox video game Minecraft, in which applying a name tag to a mob (game entity) with the custom name Dinnerbone turns that entity upside down. This feature is a reference to Nathan 'Dinnerbone' Adams, a Minecraft developer, who commonly displays himself and his online avatars upside down as a signature trope. Adams' username is a tribute to the name of a former online friend, Teabone, perhaps related to T-bone. Head templates: {{en-verb}} dinnerbone (third-person singular simple present dinnerbones, present participle dinnerboning, simple past and past participle dinnerboned)
  1. (Internet slang, humorous, uncommon, ambitransitive) To be upside down; to flip (something) upside down. Tags: Internet, ambitransitive, humorous, uncommon
    Sense id: en-dinnerbone-en-verb-R0OYyNsC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Minecraft

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "form": "dinnerboned",
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    },
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
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        },
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        "To be upside down; to flip (something) upside down."
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      "links": [
        [
          "Internet",
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        [
          "upside down",
          "upside down"
        ],
        [
          "flip",
          "flip"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Internet slang, humorous, uncommon, ambitransitive) To be upside down; to flip (something) upside down."
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    },
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        "English transitive verbs",
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        "To be upside down; to flip (something) upside down."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Internet",
          "Internet"
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        [
          "upside down",
          "upside down"
        ],
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          "flip",
          "flip"
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        "(Internet slang, humorous, uncommon, ambitransitive) To be upside down; to flip (something) upside down."
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