-tacular

suffix

Used to form adjectives denoting some type of exceptionality.

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Meanings

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  1. ironicoftenslangUsed to form adjectives denoting some type of exceptionality.

    Sound bites from reporters said, “Miley Cyrus’s JAW-DROPPING TWERK-a-thon,” the “twerk-tacular,” “twerk-and-tongue work,” in the “twerk seen ’round the world!”

    2016, Jacqueline Warwick, Allison Adrian, editors, Voicing Girlhood in Popular Music, Routledge, →ISBN

    Synonyms: -riffic, -tastic, -licious

Synonyms & antonyms

suffixUsed to form adjectives denoting some type of exceptionality.

Similar
-riffic-tastic-licious
Also see
-licious-riffic-tastic

Origin

Rebracketing of spectacular.

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Cite this entry
APA

-tacular. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-tacular

MLA

“-tacular.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-tacular. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-tacular,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-tacular.

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