A surname.
Used in a Sentence
barnum
Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for barnum.
Editorial note
Unfortunately what works best by default today is PT Barnum style headlines - loud, obnoxious, dangerous, death-defying!
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A surname.
Meaning at a glance
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Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for barnum.
noun
A surname.
Example sentences
Unfortunately what works best by default today is PT Barnum style headlines - loud, obnoxious, dangerous, death-defying!
T Barnum had a famous saying about this sort of thing.
Phineas Barnum was right and we can use the money better than Larry Ellison.
PT Barnum would love to give you some health advice, I'm sure.
Andreessen forgets the PT Barnum effect.
Speaking as someone who knows a lot about economics, I think PT Barnum put it best...[1] Economics is very clear in predicting how this will end up.
I like the PT Barnum reference by aresant.
One of my favorite Barnum stories is probably more well-known: His Scudder's American museum in New York was struggling, in part, because the customers he did have would often end up lingering in front of the exhibits for an unnaturally long time, while they enjoyed the free heat and conversation of other patrons.
Strategies which amounted to little more than legalized scams, strategies which optimize for the short term, strategies promoting win at any cost, strategies which advocate me first and to hell with the consequences; in short, strategies of which Phineas Taylor Barnum would have been proud.
Quote examples
Barnum wrote the prototypical "Self-help: finance/entrepreneurship" book in "The Art of Money Getting: Or, Golden Rules for Making Money" [0].
Barnum supposedly* once said, "There's a sucker born every minute".
Barnum said, that "there's a sucker born every minute".
And you throw-in the even more Onionesque: "A review of candidates speeches reveals the apparent 'strong principles' were actually a clever packaging of euphemisms, glittering generalities, rainbow-ruses and Barnum-statements" I think Obama probably holds those small number of positions he unambiguously stated as a Candidate.
Proper noun examples
Or at least move it from the 'PT Barnum' scale to some other speculative-but-feasible technology scale?
Barnum had purposefully hired the worst musicians he could find and after a few minutes of truly awful music, people started leaving.
Barnum, there is one person trusting them born every minute.
Frequently asked questions
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How do you use barnum in a sentence?
Unfortunately what works best by default today is PT Barnum style headlines - loud, obnoxious, dangerous, death-defying!
What does barnum mean?
A surname.
What part of speech is barnum?
barnum is commonly used as noun.