John Lennon glasses

English

WOTD – 8 December 2009

John Lennon in 1975 wearing John Lennon glasses.

Etymology

After British musician John Lennon.

Pronunciation

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Noun

John Lennon glasses pl (plural only)

1. (plural only) A pair of eyeglasses (spectacles) with round lenses.
   • 1969 (7 Apr), Judith Viorst, "New York Visit, 1969", New York Magazine 2 (no.14): 43

     Everyone in New York
     Had a position on Shanker,
     A story about garbage,
     An unconventional sex life,
     John Lennon glasses, […]

   • 1998, Barbara Delinsky, A Woman's Place, page 335:

     " […] Or, I could go to Harvard Square, browse the coffee shops wearing my John Lennon glasses, and look for an intellectual who's smart enough to see the woman inside."

   • 2003, Greg Iles, Sleep No More, page 36:

     A bookish young man with John Lennon glasses looked up, smiled, and answered in a northern accent. "The tool is calibrated. Just waiting to hit total depth."

Synonyms

• John Lennon spectacles
• Harry Potter glasses
• Harry Potter spectacles

Translations

pair of eyeglasses/spectacles with round lenses

• Czech: lennonky pl
• Finnish: John Lennon -rillit
• French: lunettes d’intellectuel, petites lunettes rondes
• Macedonian: ленонки f pl (lenonki)