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Snowflake

//ˈsnəʊ.fleɪk// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A crystal of snow, having approximate hexagonal symmetry.
  2. 2
    white Arctic bunting wordnet
  3. 3
    Any of several bulbous European plants, of the genus Leucojum, having white flowers.
  4. 4
    a crystal of snow wordnet
  5. 5
    The snow bunting, Plectrophenax nivalis.
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  1. 6
    Someone who believes they are particularly unique and special. derogatory, slang

    "When I come home, one space monkey is reading to the assembled space monkeys who sit covering the whole first floor. “You are not a beautiful and unique snowflake. You are the same decaying organic matter as everyone else, and we are all part of the same compost pile.”"

  2. 7
    Someone hypersensitive to insult or offense, especially a young person with politically correct sensibilities. derogatory, slang

    "When have words ever hurt anyone? The triggered snowflakes at this liberal university are trying to literally murder our freedom of speech."

  3. 8
    A type of lesion that appears as scattered white-brown spots under high magnification light microscopy.

    "Robertson and colleagues reported 10 patients in four families with lesions similar to those of stage I and stage II snowflake generation."

  4. 9
    Something that is unique in every presentation.

    "MS is referred to as a “snowflake” disease because symptoms vary from person to person."

  5. 10
    A Caucasian person. derogatory, slang, usually

    "Alright, snowflake, where's the dope?"

  6. 11
    Someone (usually white) who was opposed to the abolition of slavery (Missouri, 1860s) historical
Verb
  1. 1
    To fall in the manner of a snowflake.

    "Like a seagull swooping, the white figure of a victim snowflaked against the cliff and then plummeted down."

  2. 2
    To arrange (data) into a snowflake schema.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From snow + flake. Compare Saterland Frisian Sneeflokke (“snowflake”), Dutch sneeuwvlok, Luxembourgish Schnéiflack, German Schneeflocke.

Etymology 2

From snow + flake. Compare Saterland Frisian Sneeflokke (“snowflake”), Dutch sneeuwvlok, Luxembourgish Schnéiflack, German Schneeflocke.

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