IXNAY

Etymology

Interjection

ixnay

No.

Verb

ixnay (third-person singular simple present ixnays, present participle ixnaying, simple past and past participle ixnayed)

(slang, intransitive, usually in an imperative) Do not do or talk about (something); often followed by Pig Latin.

(slang, transitive) To reject something.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ā€˜the father of the brideā€™ instead of ā€˜the brideā€™s fatherā€™


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The expression ā€œcoffee breakā€ was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.

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