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In some senses, oprah is marked as informal, colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.
oprah
/ˈəʊpɹə/
name 2verb 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
great
VERB + OPRAH
saw, want
OPRAH + NOUN
winfrey
PREP.
on
ADV.
really, recently
Definitions
name
1
A female given name from Hebrew, of modern usage, variant of Orpah.
2
The Oprah Winfrey Show, a popular long-running U.S. television talk show (1986–2011).
He was on Oprah recently to talk about his new book.
verb
1
To feature on The Oprah Winfrey Show.
Suddenly it seemed as if [Cormac] McCarthy was the most famous writer in America: profiled, reappraised, gossiped about, Oprah'd, but, most importantly, read.
[Jonathan Franzen] had expressed to various people his anxiety about being “Oprah-ed” (my word, not his). He was uneasy about being linked indiscriminately to other novelists she had anointed but whose work he did not respect, and she got wind of his discontent.
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He was on Oprah recently to talk about his new book.
Wiktionary02
Suddenly it seemed as if [Cormac] McCarthy was the most famous writer in America: profiled, reappraised, gossiped about, Oprah'd, but, most importantly, read.
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[Jonathan Franzen] had expressed to various people his anxiety about being “Oprah-ed” (my word, not his). He was uneasy about being linked indiscriminately to other novelists she had anointed but whos
Wiktionary04
To be Oprahed means that one shares details about themselves that he or she would normally not share publicly. Indeed, more than one writer has quipped that Winfrey's cultural authority transformed he
Wiktionary05
Oprah Winfrey has great influence over her fans.
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Why would you want Oprah when you can have Halle Berry?
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