Alternative pronunciation of 'contrarian':
A person who likes or tends to express a contradicting viewpoint, especially one who denounces the majority persuasion, usually because of spite or nonconformity (Wiktionary). 'Contranarian' alternative pronunciation first coined by theoretical physicist and gifted YouTube educator Angela Collier, attributed (possibly facetiously) to her (East) Kentucky accent, though this derivation is disputed by other noted Kentucky scientists such as Brandon K Bay who stated emphatically "Don't put that on us".
A person who likes or tends to express a contradicting viewpoint, especially one who denounces the majority persuasion, usually because of spite or nonconformity (Wiktionary). 'Contranarian' alternative pronunciation first coined by theoretical physicist and gifted YouTube educator Angela Collier, attributed (possibly facetiously) to her (East) Kentucky accent, though this derivation is disputed by other noted Kentucky scientists such as Brandon K Bay who stated emphatically "Don't put that on us".
"Fred Hoyle, who didn't get the Nobel prize because he had to be a contranarian at every opportunity...it seems like he is being a contranarian just to be a contranarian...like you can't just be a contranarian, that's not how science works, my Dude...he lost out on the Nobel prize because he was just being a contranarian to be a contranarian and isn't that a lesson for us all...so Fred Hoyle leaves Cambridge ... loses the Nobel prize for being a contranarian.
by StaPo June 18, 2024
Get the Contranarianmug.