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do not want

phrase
/ˈdu ˈnɑt ˈwɑnt/US

Etymology

From a badly translated Chinese bootleg copy of Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith titled Star War The Third Gathers: The Backstroke of the West. The original cry "Noooooooo" was translated into Chinese as 不要 (bùyào, “not want”), and then back into the English subtitles as "do not want".

  1. derived from subtitles as "do not want"
  2. derived from as 不要 — “not want”
  3. derived from bootleg copy of Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith titled Star War The Third Gathers: The Backstroke of the West

Definitions

  1. Used to indicate that the speaker does not like something they have seen or heard.

    • Eww, spiders...DO NOT WANT!

The neighborhood

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