Bantersaurus Rex
English
Etymology
- Blend of banter + Tyrannosaurus rex.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌbæn.təˈsɔː.rəs ˈrɛks/
Noun
Bantersaurus Rex (plural not attested)
- (slang, humorous) A person full of witty banter.
- 2014 August 23, Grace Dent, “Grace Dent on TV: When two tribes went to war all you got was Richard Osman’s first flop”, in The Independent:
- And there's always one massive Bantersaurus Rex show-off contestant hogging Noel's attention.
- 2016, Emoji: Laughing Crying (An Official Emoji Story):
- He believed himself to be the most banterous emoji in Emojitown, referring to himself as a 'bantelope', the 'Bantersaurus Rex', and One time even 'Banter Claus'.
- 2017, Pete Brown, Miracle Brew: Hops, Barley, Water, Yeast and the Nature of Beer:
- If it saw itself in the mid-nineties as a Bantersaurus Rex with a Liam Gallagher haircut and simian gait, by the second decade of the twenty-first century it wanted drinkers to see it as some combination of George Clooney and Professor Brian Cox.
- 2019 November 17, “I’m A Celebrity’s James Haskall says he won’t miss sex with wife Chloe Madeley in the jungle because he’ll be too hungry”, in The Sun:
- The 34-year-old is expected to be the life and soul of the camp with his big personality and humour, which has seen him being labelled the Bantersaurus Rex of rugby.