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darren

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
7
Words With Friends
8
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈdæɹən/

Definition of darren

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

name

  1. A male given name originating as a coinage.
    “Darren was a beautiful youth, strong and well made.”
    “One of those awful names, Gareth or Darren - no, Jason.”
    “'Could you tell me a little about Darren?' I asked. She certainly could. All children called Darren, Wayne, Jason, Tracy, Kirsty or Kylie are destined for misery and several unsuccessful attempts at suicide.”
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name

  1. A male given name originating as a coinage.
    “Darren was a beautiful youth, strong and well made.”
    “One of those awful names, Gareth or Darren - no, Jason.”
    “'Could you tell me a little about Darren?' I asked. She certainly could. All children called Darren, Wayne, Jason, Tracy, Kirsty or Kylie are destined for misery and several unsuccessful attempts at suicide.”
  2. (rare)A place name.
    “About the middle of the sixteenth century, Darren, and the adjoining mine of Cwm Symlog, were extensively and profitably worked […]”
    “[…] the sun shone down merrily on the green woods of Darren, the bright Liffey tumbled joyously down by bank and brake, and a joyous peal of bells rang out to welcome the happy bridal of the Lady of Darren and her handsome lover, Sir Brian Courtenay.”

noun

  1. (derogatory, slang)A middle-aged white man exhibiting a sense of entitlement or white privilege.
  2. (broadly, derogatory)Any person, especially male, exhibiting an exaggerated sense of entitlement.
  3. A secondary or third form of calling a person (male) a "Kevin".

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Etymology

Unknown. A twentieth-century invention, possibly from a rare Irish surname of obscure meaning, possibly from Dara or Daragh, meaning "oak". It is also the name of an old silver mine…

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Unknown. A twentieth-century invention, possibly from a rare Irish surname of obscure meaning, possibly from Dara or Daragh, meaning "oak". It is also the name of an old silver mine near Aberystwyth, Wales. * The name became popular, particularly in the UK, because of a character in the 1960s American TV series Bewitched, actually spelled Darrin. * (person with sense of entitlement): As a rhyming equivalent for Karen.

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