Novelty

Word NOVELTY
Character 7
Hyphenation nov el ty
Pronunciations /ˈnɒvəlti/

Definitions and meanings of "Novelty"

What do we mean by novelty?

The quality of being novel; newness. noun

Something new and unusual; an innovation. noun

A small mass-produced article, such as a toy or trinket. noun

The quality of being novel; newness; freshness; recentness of origin or introduction.

Unaccustomedness; strangeness; novel or unusual character or appearance: as, the novelty of one's surroundings.

Something new or strange; a novel thing: as, to hunt after novelties.

Especially A new article of trade; an article of novel design or new use.

An innovation.

In patent law, the quality of being sub-stantially different from any previous invention.

The quality or state of being novel; newness; freshness; recentness of origin or introduction. noun

Something novel; a new or strange thing. noun

A small mass-produced article of little value; a knickknack. noun

The state of being new or novel; newness. noun

A new product; an innovation. noun

A small mass-produced trinket. noun

In novelty theory, newness, density of complexification, and dynamic change as opposed to static habituation. noun

Originality by virtue of being refreshingly novel noun

Cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing noun

A small inexpensive mass-produced article noun

Originality by virtue of being new and surprising noun

The state of being new or novel; newness.

A new product; an innovation.

A small mass-produced trinket.

In novelty theory, newness, density of complexification, and dynamic change as opposed to static habituation.

The quality of being new, original, or unusual. Urban Dictionary

Something that is different/weird for the sake of being different/weird, not usually having any practical use outside of decoration Urban Dictionary

A large, gargantuan piece of shit that refuses to be flushed down the hole. Urban Dictionary

1. In Relation to musical tales,tapes series,albums and or any writing by Extrovert™️ Urban Dictionary

A rap or hip-hop song that is about an inanimate object, a dance move, or is to the tune of a children's song. In other words, it is too silly to be considered real rap or hip-hop. Urban Dictionary

A unique account only used when the username goes along with the response.Usually only used once.(Originated on Reddit) Urban Dictionary

An individual who goes beyond normal means to be portrayed as a nerd for the social acceptance/"cool factor" while having no actual "nerd" characteristics. Said person will dress like a nerd (faux glasses, 80's apparel, etc...) and throw out the occasional Star Wars or Star Trek reference, but has probably only seen one move/episode. Urban Dictionary

A artistic performer with an act that is strongly linked to some particular gimmick that makes it stand out from the crowd, even though it has little intrinsic value, and is therefore likely to wear out its audience quickly. The term sometimes refers to a performance itself, rather than the performer behind it. Urban Dictionary

A Norwich UK word. A synonym for mini-goths. In essence those children aged 12 and upwards who dress in (what they believe to be) gothic clothing, talk about slitting their wrists like it's a cool thing to do (the talking, not the slitting), and tend to listen to bands such as: Sum 41, Blink 182, HIM, The Rasmus, Slipknot, and anything else of that ilk. Urban Dictionary

A gay person whose entire life revolves around their sexuality. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Novelty

The word "novelty" in example sentences

From my testimony then about myself, if you believe it, judge of others also who are Catholics: we do not find the difficulties which you do in the doctrines which we hold; we have no intellectual difficulty in that in particular, which you call a novelty of this day. ❋ John Henry Newman (1845)

From my testimony then about myself, if you believe it, judge of others also who are Catholics: we do not find the difficulties which you do in the doctrines which we hold; we have no intellectual difficulty in that doctrine in particular, which you call a novelty of this day. ❋ John Henry Newman (1845)

The business of the world is imitation, and that which we call novelty is nothing but repetition. ❋ 1634-1716 (1823)

Adrian Ludwig of the Adobe AIR team recaps the various territories it has been adopted into: social apps (mostly Twitter apps, I think), enterprise apps (Salesforce, Oracle), government apps (the Polish Finance Ministry), and what I call novelty apps (like the Fast & Furious widget and the HP Green). ❋ Unknown (2009)

When apparel maker Betabrand created a pair of khaki pants whose back-pocket linings and hems could be exposed to reveal reflective fabric, it expected the pants to be a short-term novelty item. ❋ Christina Binkley (2011)

The novelty is gone, so it's going to take a really good story to catch and hold my interest. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Instead they waited until Williams said the sort of moderately dumb thing about something that had gotten a whole lot of other people fired without much forethought or responsibility (the only novelty is that for the first time, someone was saying something moderately dumb about Muslims and NOT getting away with it). ❋ The Huffington Post News Team (2010)

I admit that the sight of trolls flailing wildly like a beached fish was entertaining at first, but the novelty is wearing off. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And to this day, you can still find Thundercats gear in novelty shops. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But in a campaign that will see $3 billion spent on political advertising -- a record high, exceeding even the 2008 presidential-year campaign -- the reasonable premium that journalism puts on novelty is what plenty of candidates are banking on. ❋ Marty Kaplan (2010)

But meanwhile, her repudiation of random mutation as a major source of novelty is ignored by most, even though her argument is a simpler version of Behe's. but her theories on 911 and Ecology remain controversial. ❋ Unknown (2009)

When it comes to monster movies, novelty is not the be-all end-all; there is always room for a splashy new death or a witty recontextualization, but there are benefits to sticking to the formula. ❋ Farihah Zaman (2010)

Convenience might be the reason most people give for going out to grab lunch, but novelty is a huge part of it. ❋ Unknown (2009)

One seems like a license to print money, and the other may end up being simply an exercise in novelty printing. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Casting notes: "There's a certain novelty aspect of hiring someone who's a family member of a celebrity," says Veenker. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Don't [touch] those cheveron [cars], they are novelty and [worth] more than you ❋ G36Cuser (2014)

[A cigarette] [lighter] that shoots out water is a novelty. It has no real purpose in the world except for a small [gag]. ❋ JohnWikck (2019)

"[flush]" ......... "flush" ......... "[FLUSH]" ......... dad! the shit wont go down! ......... son [that what] i like to call a novelty, that is the second one ive seen this week....... ❋ Joe Desilets (2009)

He gave a [speech] in which he qouted novelties from [Eminem]’s [song]. ❋ VertWritings, (2022)

ex.Lip Gloss, Grillz, [Chain Hang Low], [Chicken Noodle Soup]. Did you hear that new song by [Lil' Mama], it's so stupid? It could be considered novelty rap. ❋ Kris Keo (2007)

[username]: potatoshmotato [That's what she said]. username: Novelty-Account Hey,use a [novelty account]. username: Thats-what-she-said Already on it. ❋ Waterdude125 (2011)

I asked Joe to fix [my laptop], but it turns out he's just a [novelty nerd] and doesn't really know anything about [computers]. ❋ 0x87 (2010)

- Lady Gaga's persona is all about outrageousness, extravagance and [shock value], but as far as actual performance quality goes, it's safe to say that she is the biggest novelty act to come up in many years. - The [Blue Man group], initially conceived as a novelty act in the late 1980s, has demonstrated tremendous longevity, becoming a permanent [fixture] of the stage scene in cities like Boston, New York and Las Vegas. ❋ Noam Chomskie (2010)

Check out [that kid] [in the black] [listening] to HIM and talking about wrist-cutting. Now *THAT'S* a novelty-goth! ❋ Notagoth (2005)

i.e. Guy #1: Hey guys, have you listened to [Lady Gaga's] new song "[Judas]"???!?!? It's one of her best!!! I am going to be performing to it this weekend when I do drag!" Guy #2: Wow, you are really turning out to be a [novelty gay]... You should check into reorganizing your priorities in life. There are other things about yourself that you have to offer and focus on that are also enjoyable, interesting, and fun. ❋ RealAssDude (2011)

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