nothingburger vs stranger

nothingburger

noun
  • A person who is a nonentity. 

  • Something of less importance than its treatment suggests. 

  • A person or object that is bland or unremarkable in appearance or impact. 

adj
  • bland or unremarkable in appearance 

  • disreputable, as of a person 

stranger

noun
  • A person whom one does not know; a person who is neither a friend nor an acquaintance. 

  • One who has not been seen for a long time. 

  • A newcomer. 

  • An outsider or foreigner. 

  • One not admitted to communion or fellowship. 

  • One not privy or party to an act, contract, or title; a mere intruder or intermeddler; one who interferes without right. 

How often have the words nothingburger and stranger occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )