snowflake

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A crystal of snow, having approximate hexagonal symmetry.

2. 2

   Any of several bulbous European plants, of the genus Leucojum, having white flowers.

3. 3

   The snow bunting, Plectrophenax nivalis.

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   1. 4

      Someone who believes they are particularly unique and special.

   2. 5

      Someone hypersensitive to insult or offense, especially a young person with politically…

      Someone hypersensitive to insult or offense, especially a young person with politically correct sensibilities.

      • When have words ever hurt anyone? The triggered snowflakes at this liberal university are trying to literally murder our freedom of speech.
      • Fox News pundits claim to be upset because companies are choosing to embrace the "holidays" rather than "Christmas" to avoid offending any liberal snowflakes.
   3. 6

      A type of lesion that appears as scattered white-brown spots under high magnification…

      A type of lesion that appears as scattered white-brown spots under high magnification light microscopy.

      • Robertson and colleagues reported 10 patients in four families with lesions similar to those of stage I and stage II snowflake generation.
      • The authors have recently analyzed a PMMA lens explanted because of snowflake degeneration in the dry and hydrated states.
      • These defects may be more pronounced in the superior visual field, perhaps corresponding to the inferior predilection for the snowflake lesions.
   4. 7

      Something that is unique in every presentation.

      • MS is referred to as a “snowflake” disease because symptoms vary from person to person.
   5. 8

      A Caucasian person.

      • Alright, snowflake, where's the dope?
   6. 9

      Someone (usually white) who was opposed to the abolition of slavery (Missouri, 1860s)

   7. 10

      To fall in the manner of a snowflake.

      • Like a seagull swooping, the white figure of a victim snowflaked against the cliff and then plummeted down.
   8. 11

      To arrange (data) into a snowflake schema.

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