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wanna contraction

noun

Etymology

From wanna (nominalised usage) + contraction.

  1. derived from *dʰregʰ-✻ — “to drag, pull; to run”
  2. derived from contractiō — “a drawing together, contraction; abridgement, shortening; dejection, despondency”
  3. derived from contraction
  4. inherited from contraccioun
  5. compounded as wanna contraction — “wanna + contraction”

Definitions

  1. A style of contraction (such as want to into wanna, or going to into gonna) that may or…

    A style of contraction (such as want to into wanna, or going to into gonna) that may or may not be possible depending on the sense of to.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA