Barbenheimer
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Blend of Barbie + Oppenheimer.
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[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Barbenheimer
- (humorous, neologism) The simultaneous theatrical release on July 21, 2023 of two blockbuster films of contrasting genres: Barbie, a fantasy comedy about the eponymous fashion doll, and Oppenheimer, a biographical thriller about physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project. [from 2023]
- Synonyms: Barbieheimer, Boppenheimer, Oppenbarbie
- 2023 July 19, Claire Moses, “Can I Watch ‘Barbenheimer’ Despite the Hollywood Strikes?”, in The New York Times[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-07-24:
- Though unions with workers in digital media or with companies that offer online shopping have invoked the idea of a digital picket line, the actors’ and writers’ unions have not called on consumers to stop watching television and movies on streaming services or to cancel their “Barbenheimer” tickets.
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