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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
special snowflake en · NOUN
Meanings
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(slang) Synonym of snowflake (“someone who believes they are particularly unique and special; someone hypersensitive to insult or offense, especially a young person with politically correct sensibilities”).
The special snowflake is a whining millennial who protests instead of getting a "real job" and cries sexism because she's upset men don’t find her attractive enough.
2017 February 1, Dana Schwartz, “Why Trump Supporters Love Calling People "Snowflakes"”, in GQ:
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see special, snowflake.
Forms
Deriveds
special snowflake syndrome
Synonyms
snowflake