third-worldian

adjective

Synonym of Third-Worldish

Meanings

third-worldian1

adjectivethird-worldian (comparative more third-worldian, superlative most third-worldian)

comparative more third-worldian · superlative most third-worldian

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Third-Worldian
nounthird-worldian (plural third-worldians)

plural third-worldians

  1. alternativeAlternative form of Third-Worldian

Third-Worldian2

adjectiveThird-Worldian (comparative more Third-Worldian, superlative most Third-Worldian)

comparative more Third-Worldian · superlative most Third-Worldian · alternative third-worldian

  1. rareSynonym of Third-Worldish

    My team had Charlie Mello's open stake truck, so we looked especially like Third Worldian migrant labourers. However, the scuba team had a van, and that's how the dog got killed.

    2004, Jim Kelley (editor), Tales from the Teamhouse, True Special Forces Stories, page 349
    2 more examples

    The mortality rate of the most successful groups is third-worldian in scope, and many of those bands that do last for more than a few years disappear nonetheless from history, dispatched by the public's fickle whims

    1982, Bob Doerschuk, “Brent Mydland: Taking Over Keyboards for the Grateful Dead”, in Keyboard, volume 8, page 8

    At the airport he insults Sumra his wife who has just come back from the Sudan by disparagingly designating her as third-worldian: You look like something fresh out of the Third World', he said and I let myself feel hurt, glancing downwards so that he would not see the look in my eyes.

    2020, Abdulgawad Elnady, Perspectives on the Contemporary Novel

    Synonyms: Third-Worldish

nounThird-Worldian (plural Third-Worldians)

plural Third-Worldians · alternative third-worldian

  1. rareOne who is from the Third World.

    Third Worldians, rich and poor, capitalists and Communists alike.

    1982, Erwin Atwood, Sharon Murphy, Stuart J. Bullion, International Perspectives on News, page 148
    3 more examples

    Your joke reminded me of this one. Originally told me about a pakistani, but most any third-worldian will do...

    1993 October 7, Hans Peter Verne, “Refugees!”, in eunet.jokes (Usenet)

    According to him, after their meeting, Pritchard cancelled further Third World programming until negotiations regarding the department had been settled. Unfortunately, he didn't tell the Third Worldians.

    2006, Matthew Lasar, Uneasy Listening, Pacifica Radio's Civil War, page 125

    You third worldians (according to the wisdom of Patrick) break the wrong end of the egg

    2012 December 10, Mike Painter, “OT: Maya”, in talk.origins (Usenet)

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveSynonym of Third-Worldish

Origin

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APA

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Chicago

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