mandarin
/ˈmæn.də.ɹɪn/noun
Middle SchoolNot in standard dictionaries
1
A high government bureaucrat of the Chinese Empire.
2
A pedantic or elitist bureaucrat.
3
A pedantic senior person of influence in academia or literary circles.
4
Ellipsis of mandarin duck.
5
A senior civil servant.
6
A figurine of a Chinese person with movable head that was popular in the 1950s. (Cf. bobblehead.)
Sound Patterns & Rhymes
Alliteration
Words starting with the same consonant sound — used in poetry and prose to create rhythm, emphasis, and memorable phrasing (e.g. “Peter Piper picked”)
Assonance
Words sharing similar vowel sounds regardless of starting letter — creates internal melody in writing
#derogatory#informal