An Entry Saturday, August 22, 2026
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The Liberty Bell, on permanent display and permanently retired, its crack the only part of it still working overtime.

Plate CXXXI., The Liberty Bell, on permanent display and permanently retired, its crack the only part of it still working overtime.

Photo by Joe Richmond on Unsplash

The Liberty Bell

/LIB-er-tee bel/  n.
  1. 1. A 2,080-pound cast bronze bell of Pennsylvania State House provenance, retired from active ringing duty after acquiring a crack that, depending on the source, came from routine use, cold weather, or simply trying too hard.
  2. 2. colloq. The original girth injury. It rang, it cracked, it got a glass room. Icon behavior.
In a sentence,

"The bell has not made a sound in over a century and it is still more famous than every bell that has."

Etymology,

Cast in 1752, recast in 1753 after the first casting cracked on the test ring, then cracked again decades later anyway. Some objects are simply built to commit to the bit.

Frequently asked

Is a the liberty bell thiccc?

Yes. The Liberty Bell is a catalogued Thiccctionary entry, ruled on August 22, 2026 and filed in the Musical Instruments section. Every subject in the catalogue has cleared the editorial bar for girth.

What makes a the liberty bell thiccc?

colloq. The original girth injury. It rang, it cracked, it got a glass room. Icon behavior.

Is "thiccc" spelled with three c's?

Yes. The Thiccctionary house spelling uses three c's, distinguishing the editorial register from the colloquial "thicc" (two c's) and standard "thick" (one c).

Sources

  1. Photograph by Joe Richmond, via Unsplash. Catalogued under plate CXXXI.
  2. Direct ruling URL: thiccctionary.com/is/the-liberty-bell-thiccc/ — the shareable "Is a the liberty bell thiccc?" page.
  3. Cross-reference: Thiccctionary A-Z, T.
  4. Catalogued under: Musical Instruments. See related entries below.
  5. Editorial review: pending objection from the Senior Cataloguer's office.

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