BARNEY

"BARNEY" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the son of the prophet", "the son of encouragement".

Date "BARNEY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1786. (references)

Domain	Definition
Computing	Barney n. In Commonwealth hackish, `barney' is to fred (sense #1) as bar is to foo. That is, people who commonly use `fred' as their first metasyntactic variable will often use `barney' second. The reference is, of course, to Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble in the Flintstones cartoons. Source: Jargon File.
Slang	Noun. Source: Unknown. Definition: Not a local surfer, a visitor. Context: Used to describe those surfers that the locals can't recognize and know they're not from around there. Social Source: Southern California Surfers. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references)
	Noun. Source: Unknown. Definition: Argument. Context: A word used to describe some sort of disagreement between two people. Social Source: British teenagers. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

For the dinosaur, see: Barney & Friends For the Flintstones character, see: The Flintstones

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Deception	Trick, cheat, wile, blind, feint, plant, bubble, fetch, catch, chicane, juggle, reach, hocus, bite; card sharping, stacked deck, loaded dice, quick shuffle, double dealing, dealing seconds, dealing from the bottom of the deck; artful dodge, swindle; tricks upon travelers; stratagem; (artifice); confidence trick, fake, hoax; theft; ballot-box stuffing barney, brace game, bunko game, drop game, gum game, panel game; shell game, thimblerig; skin game.
Discord	Quarrel, dispute, tiff, tracasserie, squabble, altercation, barney, demel_, snarl, spat, towrow, words, high words; wrangling; Verb: jangle, brabble, cross questions and crooked answers, snip-snap; family jars.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: BARNEY

Specialty definitions using "BARNEY": satire. (references)

Non-English Usage: "BARNEY" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Manx (aperture, break, cleft, discontinuity, hiatus, missing link, pass, space, vacancy).

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	I never said anything about creaming Barney Yale. (The Oscar; writing credit: Harlan Ellison; Clarence Greene) Let's forget it, Barney. (The Caine Mutiny; writing credit: Herman Wouk; Stanley Roberts) Well, you're not tall enough to be a Mark but you might make a good Barney. (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen) Oh, that Barney Rubble. (Night Shift; writing credit: Lowell Ganz; Babaloo Mandel) Barney, quick, what's my name? (The Flintstones; writing credit: Tom S. Parker; Jim Jennewein)
Movie/TV Titles	Barney Boomer (1967) Koko Meets Barney Beatnik (1963) Police Reporter Barney Blake (1948) Barney Bear's Polar Pest (1944) The Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts: Last 20 Years (1998)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Barney & Baby Bop Go to the Restaurant (Barney 'Go To) (reference) Barney Goes to the Dentist (Barney Goes To) (reference) Barney Goes to the Zoo (reference) Barney Meets The New Baby (reference) Barney Says, 'Please and Thank You' (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Barney (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Barney - Sing and Dance with Barney (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	I Love to Sing with Barney (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	Barney (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Torpedo boats of the Atlantic Fleet Reserve Torpedo Flotilla at the Norfolk Navy Yard, circa 1907. Most of these craft are partially dismantled. The two boats in the front right and the one in the front left (listed in no particular order) are: USS Bagley (TB-24), USS Barney (TB-25) and USS Biddle (TB-26). The two larger boats between them, in the foreground are (left to right): USS DuPont (TB-7) and USS Porter (TB- 6). The three boats in the back row are (left to right): One of the three Torpedo Boat # 3 class (Foote, Rodgers or Winslow), USS Cushing (TB-1) and either USS Gwin (TB-16) or USS Talbot (TB-15). The receiving ship USS Franklin (1867-1915) and a two-masted schooner are in the distance. Credit: NAVY.		Architectural drawing for an apartment house ("Admiral Apartments"), Admiral Barney Circle, Washington, D.C. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Barney Pelty. Credit: Library of Congress.		Barney Gilligan. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Just a minute, Captain Barney hailed. I liked that speech fust-rate, but when anybody starts spinnin' yarns about worms eatin' up through a brand new vessel's hull, I say it couldn't happen. Credit: Library of Congress.		Joshua Barney, U.S.N. / engraved by J. Gross from a drawing by W.G. Armstrong after a miniature by Isabey. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Barney Oldfield, who drove Henry Ford's famous racer 999 to new records [in race car]--Mr. Ford stands beside the car. Credit: Library of Congress.		Alice Pike Barney, half-length portrait, facing front. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Barney Google. "I swow!!". Credit: Library of Congress.		Barney Gilmore in the great comedy drama, Kidnapped in New York by Howard Hall. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Romania	The issue was brokered by ING Barings and Schroeder Salomon Smith Barney. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	SATIRE, n. An obsolete kind of literary composition in which the vices and follies of the author's enemies were expounded with imperfect tenderness. In this country satire never had more than a sickly and uncertain existence, for the soul of it is wit, wherein we are dolefully deficient, the humor that we mistake for it, like all humor, being tolerant and sympathetic. Moreover, although Americans are "endowed by their Creator" with abundant vice and folly, it is not generally known that these are reprehensible qualities, wherefore the satirist is popularly regarded as a soul-spirited knave, and his ever victim's outcry for codefendants evokes a national assent. Hail Satire! be thy praises ever sung In the dead language of a mummy's tongue, For thou thyself art dead, and damned as well -- Thy spirit (usefully employed) in Hell. Had it been such as consecrates the Bible Thou hadst not perished by the law of libel. Barney Stims
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"BARNEY" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 92.62% of the time. "BARNEY" is used about 244 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	92.62%	226	20,021
Noun (singular)	7.38%	18	82,615
Total	100.00%	244	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "BARNEY" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Barney	First name Male	9,000	705
Barney	Last name	6,000	2,240
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

"BARNEY" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the son of the prophet", "the son of encouragement".

The following table summarizes names related to "BARNEY."
Name	Gender	Language	Related Name
Barnabas	Male	Biblical	N/A
Barnabas	Male	English	N/A
Barnaby	Male	English	Barnabas
Barney	Male	English	Barnabas
Barnabé	Male	French	Barnabas
Barnabas	Male	German	N/A
Barna	Male	Hungarian	Barnabas
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

1. Barney, GA
Zip Code(s): 31625
Country: USA

2. Barney, ND (city, FIPS 4940)
Location: 46.26651 N, 96.99919 W
Population (1990): 79 (27 housing units)
Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 58008
Country: USA

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Expressions: BARNEY

Expressions using "BARNEY": Barney Oldfield ♦ Schroder Solomon Smith Barney. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: BARNEY

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
barney	5,403	salamon smith barney	52
smith barney	2,835	barney coloring page	52
salomon smith barney	1,913	barney com	50
barney the dinosaur	536	barney online	45
solomon smith barney	380	barney frank	44
barney and friend	277	barney citigroup smith	44
matthew barney	186	barney rubble	43
barney song	169	salmon smith barney	43
soloman smith barney	161	barney pic	43
barney picture	161	barney el dinosaurio	42
barney miller	139	barnady barney barrett	37
barney kill	112	2c barney	37
saloman smith barney	106	barney havasu	35
barney game	98	barney lyrics	34
barney fife	96	anti barney	34
amigos barney sus y	92	barney music	34
salomon smith barney access	73	barney fletcher	34
access barney smith	69	barney camp medintz	31
barney video	65	barney game kill	30
barney the purple dinosaur	64	barney party supply	29
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: BARNEY

Language		Translations for "BARNEY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		巴�"尼. (various references)

Korean		논쟁 (argument, Contention, Contestation, Controversial, Controversies, Controversy, Wrangle, Wrangling). (various references)

Pig Latin		arneybay

Portuguese		besteira (boob), tolice (applesauce, blunder, bosh, bungle, fiddle-de-dee, flapdoodle, folly, foolery, foolishness, guff, gup, howler, ineptitude, ineptness, infelicity, moonshine, mush, nonsense, piffle, rot, silliness, simplicity, tomfoolery, tommy rot, tripe, twaddle, unreason), arranca-rabo. (various references)

Russian		барни (barnie). (various references)

Swedish		Gräl (altercation, argument, brabble, brawl, dust-up, quarrel, row, run in, scolding, scrap, set to, slanging match, tangle, tiff, wrangle). (various references)

Ukrainian		Обман (Bolsa), Противага, �"улянка (Buster), Шахрайство. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: BARNEY

Misspellings
	"BARNEY" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Arney, baney, Baranov, Barbey, Barnesy, Barni, barny, Barnys, Barrey, Bearnley, Bernay, Berney, Bisney, Bjarne, Byrney, Darney, Farney, Garney. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: BARNEY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: nearby.
	Words within the letters "a-b-e-n-r-y"
	-1 letter: barny, barye, yearn, yerba.
	-2 letters: abye, aery, bane, bare, barn, bean, bear, brae, bran, bray, bren, byre, earn, eyra, nabe, nary, near, yare, yarn, yean, year.
	-3 letters: aby, ane, any, arb, are, aye, ban, bar, bay, ben, bey, bra, bye, ear, era, ern, nab, nae, nay, neb, ran, ray, reb, rya, rye, yar.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-e-n-r-y"
	+1 letter: abhenry, beanery, blarney.
	+2 letters: abhenrys, bankerly, barrenly, barytone, blarneys, boneyard, brazenly, nabobery, urbanely.
	+3 letters: aberrancy, baneberry, baronetcy, barytones, betraying, bewraying, blarneyed, boneyards, bystander, cabinetry, cranberry, embryonal, endurably, renewably, venerably, yabbering.
	+4 letters: aberrantly, absorbency, barleycorn, bewearying, blarneying, bystanders, chinaberry, corybantes, cybernated, debonairly, emblazonry, inexorably, loganberry, prebendary, reasonably, rowanberry, terminably, unbearably, vulnerably.
	+5 letters: abhorrently, banteringly, barleycorns, beneficiary, bicentenary, bimillenary, brainlessly, candleberry, cybernation, denumerably, embracingly, embryonated, exuberantly, hyperborean, impregnably, inalterably, innumerably, inseparably, insuperably, intolerably, keyboarding, nonverbally, observantly, presentably, rentability, salmonberry, treasonably, unalterably, undesirably, unendurably, unmemorably, unutterably.
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