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dickinson

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for dickinson.

Editorial note

To be fair, Pax Dickinson wasn't one stupid tweet, it was a pattern of awful shit over years.

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Quick take

A surname originating as a patronymic.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of dickinson gathered in one view.

noun

A surname originating as a patronymic.

noun

A number of places in the United States:

noun

A city, the county seat of Stark County, North Dakota.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for dickinson.

noun

A surname originating as a patronymic.

noun

A number of places in the United States:

noun

A city, the county seat of Stark County, North Dakota.

noun

A town in Broome County, New York, named after Daniel S. Dickinson.

Example sentences

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To be fair, Pax Dickinson wasn't one stupid tweet, it was a pattern of awful shit over years.

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Citing television show Futurama as a key influence, Wright presented his idea for an Emily Dickinson desktop agent.

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Fine, let's say Pax Dickinson is a completely wonderful guy without a bigoted bone in his body.

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If you didn't think that Dickinson was being a racist, misogynistic, victim-blaming rape apologist, why those tweets in particular?

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It's distasteful, but it's not exactly Dickinson himself expressing racist, victim-blaming sentiments; it's a mockery of them.

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All Pax Dickinson did was express views and mood affiliation that goes against the dominant narrative.

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It included such charts as the one to the left, showing the overlap between Emily Dickinson readers and GTA players.

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The Brendan Eich or Pax Dickinson purges are probably the most known to the HN community, but there are many, many more.

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Bruce Dickinson is nearly unrecognizable in the photo that accompanies this article.

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Well, we have access to letters written by Thomas Jefferson and letters written by Emily Dickinson they probably didn't think we should have.

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As far as I know there are no actual instances of sexist behavior attributed to Pax Dickinson outside of shitty jokes on Twitter.

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Pax Dickinson is still unemployed a year later.

Quote examples

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And not just any breitbart link, but one to Milo "Toxic Insanity" Yiannopoulus quoting Pax "Asshat in Public" Dickinson.

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I do not think Pax Dickinson did something "horribly wrong".

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If you read "Into Thin Air", make sure you also read "The Death Zone" by Matt Dickinson - an interestingly different perspective on the same event.

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You keep citing that quote of Dickinson without acknowledging the context: "You look like a fucking pig in heat, and if you get raped by a pack of niggers, it will be your fault." - Mel Gibson, Director of "Passion of the Christ", shortly before Pax Dickinson's tweet See also Justine Sacco, who mocked clueless attitudes and was assumed to be supporting them.

Proper noun examples

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Give a startup founder a few million and instantly they start writing like Emily Dickinson.

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Nodeup podcast 81 about io.js, with Mikeal Rogers, Isaac Schlueter and Chris Dickinson.

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Just so we're clear that your model of a person victimized by the attention being paid to sexual harassment and gender parity is Pax Dickinson.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use dickinson in a sentence?

To be fair, Pax Dickinson wasn't one stupid tweet, it was a pattern of awful shit over years.

What does dickinson mean?

A surname originating as a patronymic.

What part of speech is dickinson?

dickinson is commonly used as noun.