ixnay
intj/ˈɪks(ˌ)neɪ/
Etymology
Pig Latin version of nix; possibly the only Pig Latin word to enter common American English besides amscray and igpay. Ixnay and amscray were used widely in The Three Stooges shorts and The Flintstones episodes, possibly the main sources of popularity for the words.
Definitions
No.
Nothing
Nothing; nix; often in the phrase "ixnay on ...", indicating something that must not be mentioned, often in Pig Latin
- Ixnay on the "W-A-L-K" while the dogs can hear you.
- "Ixnay on the ay-geth...way! I'm only 'out' to my closest friends! It can't get back to my family!"
To reject or cancel something
To reject or cancel something; nix.
- If I wasn't so bored out of my mind, I would have ixnayed that idea.
- Personally, I'd rather feel momentarily bummed when my agent ixnays a two-paragraph idea than totally crushed when she ixnays a 110-page screenplay it took six months to perfect.
- You didn't want to ask for a handout—you have a vague memory of him ixnaying advances when you signed your contract—but you don't have much choice.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for ixnay. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA