konyo

Possibly from Spanish coño (“cunt; pussy”) or Spanish de nuevo cuño (“(of a person) who has recently entered a profession, union or social class.”). The sense referring to “coming from a wealthy family” is said to have come from high-class people who curse “Coño!” during the 1950s. Compare English conyo. See also English valley girl, Spanish fresa.

noncog

Expression of worry, failure, shock, displeasure, surprise, etc.: damn!


proface

From Middle French bon prou vous fasse (“may [it] do you much good”).

der

Sweet sir, sit; I’ll be with you anon; most sweet sir, Master Page, good Master Page, sit. Proface! What you want in meat, we’ll have in drink.

c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:

Gloria deo, sirs proface,
Attend me now whilst I say grace.

1602, Thomas Heywood, A pleasant conceited comedie, wherein is shewed, how a man may chuse a good wife from a bad, London: Mathew Lawe:

Thankes be giuen for flesh and fishes,
With this choice of tempting dishes:
To which proface: with blythe lookes sit yee,
Rush bids this Couent, much good do’t yee.

1612, Thomas Dekker, If it be not good, the Diuel is in it, London: John Trundle:

(obsolete) A familiar salutation or welcome offered by a host before a meal or drinks are served.


ອາໂຫຼ

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ອາໂຫຼ • (ʼā lō)

[ʔaː˩˨.loː˥˧˧]


mesedez

Calque of Spanish por favor, from the inflected form above (mesede (“favour”) + -z).


pilas

(Colombia, colloquial) be careful!, watch out!


bostin

Possibly related to boast or bost (“to break”).


farvel

From far, imperative of fare (“fare, be”) + vel (“well”).


adeus

From Medieval Latin ad Deum (“to God”). Compare Aragonese adiós, Asturian adiós, Catalan adeu, Dutch aju, English adieu, Extremaduran adiós, French adieu, German tschüss, Greek αντίο (antío), Italian addio, Maltese addiju, Mirandese adius, Occitan adieu, Portuguese adeus, Romanian adio, Serbo-Croatian ади̏о/adȉo, Slovene adȋjo, Spanish adiós.

Agora adeus, adeus
Sabés que me vou
Non chorés agora

Now goodbye, goodbye,
you know I'm going;
Don't you cry just now
cause I'm still here.


adeus

Papiamentu: ayó

Borrowed from Medieval Latin ad Deum (“to God”). Compare Aragonese, Asturian, Extremaduran, and Spanish adiós, Catalan adeu, Dutch ajuus, English, French, and Occitan adieu, German tschüss, Greek αντίο (antío), Galician adeus, Italian addio, Maltese addiju, Mirandese adius, Romanian adio, Serbo-Croatian ади̏о/adȉo, Slovene adȋjo.


szívesen

From szíves (“[rare] kind, cordial, hearty”) + -en (adverb-forming suffix), from szív (“heart”) + -es (adjective-forming suffix).

af

Coordinate term: köszönöm

you're welcome (as a response to “thank you”)


chuck you Farley

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-chuck you Farley.wav

I wanted to think, Chuck you, Farley, there's nothing much I need you for, if I want to I can turn around and walk right through that door […]

1998, Margaret Atwood, Bodily Harm, page 202:

"Chuck you, Farley, I'm not having anything to do with it."

2002, Richard Helms, The Valentine Profile, page 100:


अक्षय्य

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अक्षय्य • (akṣayyá)

From अ- (a-, negatory prefix) + क्षय्य (kṣayya, “decaying, removable, destructible”). See क्षय (kṣaya) for more.

af

वैश्य वैश्य#Sanskrit

"May thy prosperity be undecaying! " (a form of blessing addressed to a वैश्य (vaiśya))


röv

From Old Norse rauf (“gap, rift, hole”), cognate with Danish røv.

Röv! Det visste ju jag!

2022 February 25, 23:52 from the start, in På spåret, season 32, episode 13 (television production), spoken by Cecilia Düringer:

(mildly vulgar) Expressing anger, irritation, contempt, or disappointment.


vitut

fuck it! (expression of great indifference or nonchalance; expression of frustration; expression of anger or dismissal)

(usually ja ~) bullshit! (expression of disbelief to someone's claims)


well said

A comment expressing approval; an accolade; "that was spoken well" (clearly or eloquently.)

لَا فُضَّ فُوكَ

expression of approval to something said


aport

go fetch! (used as a command for a dog to fetch something)


ای

ای تورك كنجلكی!

1927 October, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Nutuk, page 627:


ای

Onomatopoeia. Compare Ottoman Turkish ای (ey). Commonly followed by a noun bearing the vocative suffix -â.

من نبینم روی خود را ای شمن
من ببینم روی تو تو روی من

c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 883:

O idolater (dualist), (if) I do not behold my own face (reality),
I behold thy face and thou beholdest mine.

man na-bīnam rōy-i xwad rā ay šaman
man bi-bīnam rōy-i tū tū rōy-i man


sema

informal greeting; also used to continue a conversation


ว่ะ

(vulgar, offensive) used to express delight, content, or liking.


undskyld

From undskylde (“to excuse”), Middle Low German entschulden. Cognate with Norwegian unnskyld and German entschuldigen.


วะ

(vulgar, offensive) used to express frustration.


oke

(colloquial) OK (acceptance, acknowledgement)


ເຈົ້າ

lo-interj

ເຈົ້າ • (chao)

From Proto-Tai *ɕɤwᶜ, from Middle Chinese 主 (MC tsyuX, “master; owner”). Cognate with Thai เจ้า (jâao), Lü ᦈᧁᧉ (ṫsaw²), Tai Dam ꪹꪊ꫁ꪱ, Shan ၸဝ်ႈ (tsāo), Ahom 𑜋𑜈𑜫 (chaw) or 𑜋𑜨𑜧 (chow).

cog

Lü ᦈᧁᧉ (ṫsaw²)

used as a polite expression of affirmation or agreement.


faen i helvete

(vulgar) god dammit (interjection) (literally Satan in Hell)


לול

he-interj

לוֹל • (lol)


pas de quoi

Literally, “not of what”, similar to English "not worth", as in "it's not worth making a fuss about it".

(informal) you're welcome (after being thanked)


à bientôt

see you soon, see you later, laters (an informal farewell wish)


אחדש״ט

אחרי אחרי#Hebrew

דרישת שלומו
דרישת שלום#Hebrew

(archaic) Wishing you well, all the best; used before a signature, or as a greeting, in a letter: abbreviation of אחרי דרישת שלומו הטוב.


bloodclaat

Literally, "blood cloth" -- traditionally, a sanitary napkin.

Bloodclaat! Dem tief mi car!

A weh di bloodclaat a gwaan roun' ya?

“Bloodclaat! Dis dread ya is a artistic dread! […]”

1996, Daniel J. Wideman, Rohan B. Preston, Soulfires: Young Black Men on Love and Violence (in Jamaican Creole), →ISBN, page 347:

What the fuck! This Rastaman is an artist. […]

(idiomatic, vulgar, slang) holy shit, fuck, damn


hahae

onomatopoeia expressing joy or laughter.


очень приятно

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о́чень прия́тно

о́чень прия́тно • (óčenʹ prijátno)

о́чень прия́тно (canonical)
óčenʹ prijátno (romanization)


blow this for a game of soldiers

In the middle of a very hot mixed-up fight one of our men remarked drily on his radio "What price this for a game of soldiers!"

1941, James Lansdale Hodson, Through the dark night: being some account of a war correspondent's journey, meetings and what was said to him in France, Britain, and Flanders during 1939-40, V. Gollancz Ltd., page 343

A cold gust of wind fans your face, you shiver slightly, you have been standing still, "get moving," you say to yourself, only another hour to do, the rifle is heavy, brrrr, blow this for a game of soldiers, they have no consideration at all.

1952, Hashomer Hatzair, Forging the link: a handbook of Hashomer Hatzair, page 108:

Expressing exasperation or impatience with a situation.


uy

expression of acknowledgment of someone, whose name one cannot be remembered right away


uy

Uy, tingnan mo 'to!

(colloquial, informal) Alternative form of hoy: expression used to call the attention of somebody: hey!

hoy

Uy! 'Wag!

(colloquial, informal) Alternative form of hoy: expression used as a warning or as a protest: hey!

hoy

Uy! Kamusta?

(colloquial, informal) Alternative form of oy: an informal greeting: hey!

Uy! Bago 'to ah!

(colloquial, informal) Alternative form of oy: an expression of surprise: hey!


chispa

Onomatopoeic or else borrowed from Spanish.


hoosianna

[ˈho̞ːs̠iˌɑ̝nːɑ̝]

From Swedish hosianna, from German hosianna, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew הוֹשַׁע נָא.


goddidit

Yes, well, I'm not surprised. I'll bet a lot of things are puzzling to you. But you can just say goddidit and forget about them, can't you?

Dec 7, 1997, Chris Kennedy, Fighting something that doesn't exist, alt.atheism

Anything we can possibly observe can be explained by Goddidit, after the fact. If it rains, goddidit. If it didn't, goddidit. If the Earth is round, goddidit. If the Earth isn't round, goddidit. It explains everything, but predicts nothing, and is therefore is a totally content-free statement.

Apr 28, 1998, Kevin Jaget, Either God or matter has existed for eternity, talk.atheism

How did whales survive in a fresh-water ocean for a year? Goddidit. How did any totally impossible thing happen?

Sep 10, 1999, Al Klein, Recreating the Origins of Life, alt.talk.creationism

Goddidit is not a scientific theory, if God is assumed to be omnipotent, as omnipotence cannot be scientifically verified.

Feb 2, 2001, Martijn Faassen, Can the Genetic Code be simpler?, talk.origins

The search for the truth is not over yet. In the previous chapter I described how creationism believes the opposite and tends to argue against science rather than providing answers to critical questions, usually falling back upon its untested and unproven "Goddidit" hypothesis.

2003, Leslie G. Howarth, Genesis 2.0: The Search for the Truth Continues, page 188:

(slang) A sarcastic assertion that something that has not been satisfactorily explained by science is therefore evidence of God.


amén

From Ecclesiastical Latin āmēn, from Ancient Greek ἀμήν (amḗn), from Biblical Hebrew אָמֵן (ʾāmēn, “certainly, truly”).

der

amen (at the end of religious prayers: so be it)


čau

Borrowed from Italian ciao. Doublet of Slovan.

hello, hi (informal greeting said when meeting someone)


haloo

hello (greeting used when answering the telephone; call for response if it is not clear if anyone is present or listening; also used sarcastically)

Hei haloo, et sä nyt noin voi tehdä.

(colloquial) come on (used to express disapproval of or exasperation for what someone has said or done)


haïe

a wagoner's cry to make their horses move faster; giddyup


siwmae

A contraction of sut mae hi? (“how is it?”).

(informal) hi! what's up? how goes it? (an informal greeting recognized throughout Wales)


have at you

Dark and sinister man, have at thee.

(dated) An exclamation indicating that one is about to strike the person addressed, typically with a sword or other hand-held weapon.


shotties

Shotties for the drink, man

(New Zealand, slang) thanks, thank you, shot

(New Zealand, slang) I acknowledge your greatness (or skill), that's great.


isit

But if any proper burning of the Sunne should be vnderstood, how isit', that it afflicteth the wicked more thế the good, whereas both of them dwell mingled together vppon the earth and the one of them is not more defenced frố the force of the heauenly bodies, then the other.

1616, Thomas Brightman, The Reuelation of St Iohn, page 680:

(South Africa or obsolete) Alternative form of is it


chut

onomatopoeic

Onomatopoeic


stone me

Yesterday, Frears told the Guardian that he was surprised and honoured: "Stone me!" as Jim Broadbent said when he got his Oscar.".

2007 January 12, Simon Hattenstone, “First for UK directors as Frears heads Cannes jury”, in The Guardian:


a huevo

¡A huevo! ¡Se me había olvidado!

(colloquial, idiomatic, vulgar, El Salvador, Mexico) That's so true!

(colloquial, idiomatic, vulgar, El Salvador, Mexico) fuck yeah


ហើយ

km-interj

ហើយ • (haəy)


just kidding

(informal) I wasn't serious; it was only a joke.


onneksi olkoon

onneksi olkoon ! (canonical)
"may [it] be for luck!" (literally)


enchantée

(said by a female speaker) pleased to meet you


buck up

(idiomatic) Cheer up; take courage; take heart.

(idiomatic, dated) Hurry up; make haste.


naura

From nara. Often pronounced humorously with a [ɻ] instead of a standard [r]. In 2021, the word was recognized by Słownik Języka Polskiego as the second most popular Youth Word of the Year.

Voiced dental, alveolar and postalveolar trills#Voiced alveolar trill


hell or high water

I am a man of my word, hell or high water.

1987, James A. Michener, Texas, page 1040:

No matter what the adverse circumstances.


helkutti

Minced oath for helvetti; compare helkatti.


hemmetti

Minced oath version of helvetti (“hell”). Possibly inspired by dialectal himmerkki.


helkkari

Minced oath version of helvetti (“hell”). See also + -ari.


аба

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аба́ • (abá)

Limited spread suggests Bashkir аба (aba, “expression of surprise, indignation”), Chuvash апа (ap̬a, “expression of surprise, indignation”).

der

(dialectal, Ural) Well, I never! (expression of surprise)


marameo

an expression of derision, normally accompanied by a gesture


salamat

Borrowed from Arabic سَلَامَات (salāmāt), plural of سَلَامَة (salāma, “good health”). Compare Malay selamat.


salamat

From Arabic سَلَامَات (salāmāt), plural of سَلَامَة (salāma, “good health”). Compare Malay selamat.


salamat

(Cordillera) Synonym of agyamanak; thank you


salamat

Borrowed from Malay selamat (“safety”), or from Classical Persian سَلَامَت (salāmat, “good health”), from Arabic سَلَامَة (salāma). Compare Aklanon saeamat.


چرا

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چرا • (čerâ)

Ellipsis of چرا که نه؟ (čerâ ke na?, “why not?”).

ellipsis

(definite positive response to a negative question or statement) yes; surely


amene

Learned borrowing from Samoan amene, from Ancient Greek ἀμήν (amḗn).


دوباره

دوباره! (canonical)
dobâre! (romanization)

[d̪ʊ.bɑː.ɾǽ]

[d̪ʊ.bɑː.ɾǽ]

[d̪ʊ.bɑː.ɾǽ]


就是

/t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

/t͡sɐu̯²² siː²²/

/t͡siu³³⁻¹¹ si³³/

/t͡siu²²⁻²¹ si²²/

/t͡siu³³⁻²¹ si³³/

/t͡siu⁴¹⁻²² si³³/

/t͡siu⁴¹⁻²² si²²/

/to³³⁻¹¹ si³³/

/tɤ³³⁻²¹ si³³/

/to⁴¹⁻²² si³³/

/tiɤ³³⁻²¹ si³³/

/tio³³⁻¹¹ si³³/

/t͡siu³⁵⁻¹¹ si³⁵/

/ʑiɤ²² zz̩⁴⁴/

/d͡ʑiɤ²² zz̩⁴⁴/

/d͡ʑiø¹¹ zz̩⁵³/

/ʑɤ²² zz̩⁴⁴/

/zøy²³ zz̩¹¹/

/t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

/t͡sɐu̯²² siː²²/

/t͡siu³³⁻¹¹ si³³/

/t͡siu²²⁻²¹ si²²/

/t͡siu³³⁻²¹ si³³/

/t͡siu⁴¹⁻²² si³³/

/t͡siu⁴¹⁻²² si²²/

/to³³⁻¹¹ si³³/

/tɤ³³⁻²¹ si³³/

/to⁴¹⁻²² si³³/

/tiɤ³³⁻²¹ si³³/

/tio³³⁻¹¹ si³³/

/t͡siu³⁵⁻¹¹ si³⁵/

/ʑiɤ²² zz̩⁴⁴/

/d͡ʑiɤ²² zz̩⁴⁴/

/d͡ʑiø¹¹ zz̩⁵³/

/ʑɤ²² zz̩⁴⁴/

/zøy²³ zz̩¹¹/


لطفا

Borrowed from Arabic لُطْفًا (luṭfan), adverbial accusative of Arabic لُطْف (luṭf, “kindness”). By surface analysis, لطف (lotf, “kindness”) + ـاً (-an).

surf

لُطْفاً بِیا داخِل


لطفا

ur-interjection

لُطْفاً • (lutfan) (Hindi spelling लुत्फ़न)

لُطْفاً (canonical)
lutfan (romanization)
लुत्फ़न (Hindi)

Borrowed from Arabic لُطْفًا (luṭfan), adverbial accusative of لُطْف (luṭf).

لُطْفاً، اَپْنی دَوا وَقْت پَر لِیجِیے


onnea

Onnea huomiseen!

congratulations (used to laud someone for their actions)


đi

Alternative form of đȉha, đȉja (“giddyup”)


häh

Related to Karelian häh. Possibly from the last syllable of mitä.


häh

Häh häh, se oli sinulle oikein!

ha (expression of mean-spirited laughter)


äs

argh (expression of annoyance, anger or frustration)


یعنی

[...] و از آنجا به شهر حماة شدیم، شهری خوش، آبادان بر لب آب عاصی و این آب را از آن سبب عاصی گویند که به جانب روم میرود، یعنی چون از بلاد اسلام به بلاد کفر میرود، عاصی است

c. 1004–1088, Nasir Khusraw, سفرنامه [Safarnama]:

… and from there we went to the city of Hama, a pleasant city, by the side of the Asi [Sinful] River and this river is called Sinful because it is flowing toward Rome [the Byzantine Empire], that is to say, since it is going from the land of Islam to the land of kufr, it is sinful

[...] wa az ānjā ba šahr-i hamāh šudēm, šahrē xwaš, ābādān bar lab-i āb-i āsī wa īn āb-rā az ān sabab āsī gōyand ki ba jānib-i rūm mē-rawad, ya'nē čūn az bilād-i islām ba bilād-i kufr mē-rawad, āsī ast

(adverbial, conjunctive, prepositional, or adjectival) in other words, actually, namely, to wit, kind of, somewhat, id est, that is, meaning, you know


یعنی

یَعْنی (canonical)
yā'nī (romanization)
यानी (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian یَعْنِی (ya'nī), from Arabic يَعْنِي (yaʕnī).


лан

ла́дно ладно#Russian

(colloquial, in quick speech) Contraction of ла́дно (ládno); okay, alright


ää

Ää, en haluu!

(childish) Expression of dislike, refusal, disapproval, slight disgust, rejection, suspicion, etc.


right-ho

I mean to say, when a girl, offered a good man's heart, laughs like a bursting paper bag and tells him not to be a silly ass, the good man is entitled, I think, to assume that the whole thing is off. In the light of this [marriage] announcement in The Times I could only suppose that on one of these occasions, unnoticed by me possibly because my attention had wandered, she must have drooped her eyes and come through with a murmured ‘Right-ho.’ Though when this could have happened, I hadn't the foggiest.

1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter III:


fap

Onomatopoeic Internet neologism from the sound of male masturbation, originally used in English translations of some adult Japanese manga, and popularized on the Internet by the webcomic The Thin H Line/Sexy Losers and other online sources.

I was watching some porn – fap fap fap – when my computer crashed, again!

She's single?... *fap fap fap*

(informal, Internet slang, vulgar) To indicate that someone (normally the speaker) is either masturbating, or inspired to by sexual arousal.


hiç

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish هیچ (hiç), from Classical Persian هیچ (hēč)

inh+

A: O kurabiye kutusuyla ne yapıyordun?

A: What were you doing with that cookie box?

B: Hiç.

Used at the beginning of an ambiguous answer to question; nothing.


haa

(pornographic manga) The sound of heavy breathing when sexually aroused.


cie

(Kuyavia) used to direct usually horses to turn left


whatsay

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-whatsay.wav

"Did you finish mowing the lawn?" / "Whatsay?"

(slang, interrogatory) What did (what'd) you say


mahtavaa

[ˈmɑ̝xt̪ɑ̝ʋɑ̝ː]


おっす

Probably a very contracted form of おはようございます (ohayō gozaimasu, “good morning”, also used when greeting someone for the first time that day). Compare the development of similar greeting term うぃーっす (wīssu).


押忍

Probably an extreme contraction of おはようございます (ohayō gozaimasu, “good morning”, also said when first meeting a commonly-met acquaintance for the first time that day). First used in the Budo Senmon Gakko, later among other martial artists.
The kanji spelling is an example of ateji (当て字).


uskomatonta

[ˈus̠ko̞mɑ̝ˌt̪o̞n̪t̪ɑ̝]


ursäkta

From Old Swedish ursækta, from ursækt, equivalent to ursäkt + -a.

Ursäkta, skulle vi kunna få lite mer kebabsås?

Excuse me, could we have some more kebab sauce?

Ursäkta, men jag hörde inte riktigt

Ursäkta att jag stör, men skulle jag kunna ställa en fråga?

I'm sorry to interrupt / bother you, but could I ask you a question?


heyrumst

Literally, “we will hear [each other again]”.


sjáumst

Literally, “we will see [each other again]”.


hyh

ugh, yuck, phew (used to express disgust)


hokkuspokkus

Internationalism (see English hocus-pocus)


cootchie-cootchie-coo

Said when tickling someone to get them to laugh.


tví

Norwegian: tvi

Danish: tvi

Swedish: tvi


eto

Eto tamo!

Eto ga, gotov sam!

Eto ga tamo!

(by extension, contexual) over there, over here


eto

Alternative form of heto: here! here it is!


זיכרונו לברכה

he-interj

זיכרונו לברכה

Literally “memory-of-him for-blessing”, hence roughly “his memory is a blessing” or “may his memory be a blessing”.

Of blessed memory, may he rest in peace; used after a reference to a deceased man or boy.


zoinks

The earliest and most commonly known usage of this term is in the American cartoon Scooby-Doo, where it was used regularly by one of the main characters, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers.

Oh Zoinks! This really smurfs things up for me! Well, at least I now know why many of my friends might feel my slang isn't as radicool as I do.

1998 March 28, David W Miller, “Re: Slang (was: REVIEW: Vampire Science)”, in rec.arts.drwho (Usenet):

After gulping hard, I said aloud, “Zoinks.” I was expecting a big black crow to peck out my eyes, or a woman to hang herself out the second story window.

2012, Michael W. Messer, Forever Sixteen, page 39:


eläköön

[ˈe̞læk̟ø̞ːn]


hamana-hamana-hamana

Likely imitative of non-verbal sounds. Compare hmm, um.

Hamana-hamana-hamana-hamana

1956 April 15, The Honeymooners, season 1, episode 29, spoken by Ralph Kramden (Jackie Gleason):

In response, the doctor would most likely give you his best wide-eyed impersonation of Ralph Kramden: Hamana-hamana-hamana.

2005, Peter Salgo with Joseph Layden, The Heart of the Matter: The Three Key Breakthroughs to Preventing Heart Attacks:


surprise surprise

(sarcastic) Said when something unsurprising has happened, especially if contrary to one's hopes.


בבקשה

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בְּבַקָּשָׁה

בְּבַקָּשָׁה • (b'vakashá)

בְּבַקָּשָׁה (canonical)
b'vakashá (romanization)

He-בְּבַקָּשָׁה.ogg

Root
 ב־ק־שׁ (b-q-sh)
From בְּ־ (b'-, “in”) + בַּקָּשָׁה (bakashá, “request”); hence literally “in request”.

af

you’re welcome (said when one is thanked)

here you are (said when you hand something over)


stop the lights

* Originated as a catchphrase on the Irish quiz show Quicksilver, where contestants called out "Stop the lights" when they did not know the answer, to prevent loss of prize money for the next questions.

Sure, stop the lights, I know all about it. There's a great shop in Phibsboro.Transformations' Any size you want.

Oh, stop the lights. The Priest is after parkin' across the street. I think he's comin' over here.

2003, Ronan Noone, The Lepers of Baile Baiste, page 57:

(Ireland, idiomatic) An interjection expressing exasperation or incredulity. or to illustrate the humour in a situation.


Goosnargh

From Old Irish Gosan or Gusan (“a given name”) and Old Norse erg (“hill-pasture”).

a word used when the speaker knows they should say something but don't know what it should be.


hamm

onomatopoeic

onomatopoeia

Ez úgy ad egy-egy falat kenyeret a kutyának, hogy mint a tekét tartja s a tekeütőt a bottal elütvén, a kenyér elröpül, s a kutya meg nem mozdul, csak a száját kitátván, hamm, elkapja a kenyeret.

1939, Zsigmond Móricz, A nagy fejedelem:

yum (refers to eating food, imitating the quick opening and closing of the mouth; can be childish, but also can enliven the presentation of the story; also used repetitively)


lew

hence bot a litill / she commys, lew, lew! / shy bryngys in her bill / som novels new; / Behald! / It is of an olif tre / A branch, thynkys me.

15th c., “Processus Noe cum filiis [Noah and the Ark]”, in Wakefield Mystery Plays; Re-edited in George England, Alfred W. Pollard, editors, The Towneley Plays (Early English Text Society Extra Series; LXXI), London: […] Oxford University Press, 1897, →OCLC, page 38, lines 507–510:

[She is] not far, she comes, look, look! She brings in her bill something new—behold! It is an olive tree's branch, I think.

(obsolete) Alternative form of lo or look: a cry to look at something.


ofan

(colloquial) Expresses surprise and interest.


net-net

(finance, humorous) Get to the point; stop rambling; show me the bottom line.


キター

ja-pos

キター • (kitā)

Perfective form of 来(く)る (kuru, “to come”).


αμέσως

αμέσως! (canonical)
amésos! (romanization)

Learned borrowing from Koine Greek ἀμέσως (amésōs), from Ancient Greek ἄμεσος (ámesos). By surface analysis, άμεσ(ος) (ámes(os)) + -ως (-os).

surf

άμεσος<alt:άμεσ(ος)>


やった

From the past tense of やる (yaru), literally meaning “I did it”, “you did it”, or “he/she did it”, the subject being implied in a context. In the case of interjection it always means “I did it”.

戦闘の時と同じような銃声がしたかと思うと、兎は一間ほどの高さに、空に弧を描いて向うへとんだ。たしかに手ごたえがあった。
「やった！ やった！」
吉田は、銃をさげ、うしろの小村に一寸目くばせして、前へ馳せて行った。

As soon as we heard a gunshot that matched that of a battle, the rabbit jumped to a height of 1 ken, drawing a curve in the air. It was a telling shot.
 "Hurray! Hurray!"
With his gun slung off, and with a glance to Komura standing behind, Yoshida bolted off forward.

お水飲んだらうめー！（やったー！）
日に当たったらあったけー！（やったー！）
腹から笑ったらおもしれー！（やったーやったー！）
犬飼ってみたらかわいー！（やったー！）

O-mizu nonda raumē!(Yattā!)
Hi ni atattara attakē!(Yattā!)
Hara kara warattara omoshirē!(Yattā yattā!)
Inu kaitte mitara kawaī!(Yattā!)

When I drank the water, it tasted great! (Hurray!)
When the sunlight hits me, it's warm! (Hurray!)
When I laughed from my stomach, it's fun! (Hurray, hurray!)
When I got a dog, it was cute! (Hurray!)

hurrah! yay! I made it! (an interjection expressing approval, appreciation, or happiness.)


poor show

(informal, dated, British) Used to express disapproval or dissatisfaction


bures

hello (a general greeting used when meeting somebody)


uch

ugh! (used to express repugnance, disgust, or annoyance)


byś

(Near Masovian, often repeated) used to direct oxen to stop


不敢當

(one) does notpresume to be (worthy of something, etc.)

/pu⁵¹ kän²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑŋ⁵⁵/

/pɐt̚⁵ kɐm³⁵ tɔːŋ⁵⁵/

/put̚³²⁻⁴ kam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ⁴⁴/

/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ kam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tɔŋ³³/

/put̚³²⁻⁵ kam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ⁴⁴/

/put̚³²⁻⁴ kam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ⁴⁴/

/put̚³²⁻⁴ kam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ⁴⁴/

/pu⁵¹ kän²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑŋ⁵⁵/

/pɐt̚⁵ kɐm³⁵ tɔːŋ⁵⁵/

/put̚³²⁻⁴ kam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ⁴⁴/

/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ kam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tɔŋ³³/

/put̚³²⁻⁵ kam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ⁴⁴/

/put̚³²⁻⁴ kam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ⁴⁴/

/put̚³²⁻⁴ kam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ⁴⁴/

(dated) You flatter me; I wouldn't presume; I don't deserve this (praise, reward etc.)


dot dot dot

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Let me read this part of the note for the court reporter: "Either meet my demands or dot dot dot.".

IF I WAS JOE MILLIONAIRE, DOT DOT DOT******
I would have picked Eric from celebrity mole, lol.

2003 February 17, :-O< 8@:-O.:-O, “**IF I WAS JOE MILLIONAIRE, DOT DOT DOT******”, in alt.tv.real-world (Usenet), message-ID <fe835v0d383qv7bnsnpdda4jhlt0rqkv7o@4ax.com>:

[the original text is stylized across multiple lines]
I need water, food, "shelter", emotions AND... dot-dot-DOT a reason.

2006 June 13, turtoni, “I require your attention, because... dot-dot-DOT”, in alt.philosophy (Usenet), message-ID <GNWdnXo89tZ5zhPZnZ2dnUVZ_q2dnZ2d@comcast.com>:

Morty: What the Hell?
Rick: Out of the frying pan, dot, dot, dot, huh, Morty?

2013, "Lawnmower Dog", season 1, episode 2 of Rick and Morty [Rick and Morty survived being killed inside Mr. Goldenfold and found their house crowded with robot-armored dogs.]

(colloquial) As if adding an ellipsis in the middle of speech, indicates a pause, an omission or an unfinished thought.


waz up

"Waz up waz up waazzzzup?"

2005, Mark Anthony, Lady's Night, page 53:

Someone standing by the entrance had casually asked, "Waz up, Tiny, waz up, Marquis?"

2010, Dick Lehr, The Fence: A Police Cover-Up Along Boston's Racial Divide, page 108:


butubatta

[bʊt̪ʊˈbät̪ːä]

Compare Ancient Greek βατταλογέω (battalogéō)

Butubatta Naevius pro nugatoriis posuit, hoc est, nullius dignationis.

Sexti Pomei Festi De verborum significatione quae supersunt cum Pauli epitome. Emendata et annotata a Carolo Odofredo Muellero. Anno MDCCCXXXIX (1839), p. 36

Butubatta. Hoc Plautus pro nihilo et pro nugis posuit, ut in glossis veterum.


回見

/xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/

/xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/


quiquiriquí

Onomatopoeic. Compare Catalan quiquiriquic, Italian chicchirichì, German kikeriki, Slovene kikirikȋ, Czech kikirikí, kykyryký.


at ease

Calque of Old French a eise, from a (“at”) + eise (“ease”).

At ease, privates!


choroba

Inherited from Old Polish choroba. By surface analysis, chory + -oba.


finfint

swell; ironic exclamation that something is fine, good


sis boom bah

(US, cheerleading) An exclamation of encouragement.

(dated) The characteristic sound made by fireworks.


alrighty

Alrighty, let's go then.

(informal) Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent.

dacodac

informal indication of agreement or consent


bon rétablissement

get well soon (a phrase indicating hope that the listener recovers from physical illness)


prompt rétablissement

get well soon, a phrase expressing hope that the listener will soon recover from physical illness


καλή τύχη

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καλή τύχη • (kalí týchi)


καλό ταξίδι

καλό ταξίδι • (kaló taxídi)


tjo

From Italian ciao (“hello, goodbye”), from Venetan ciao (“hello, goodbye, your (humble) servant”), from Venetan s-ciao, s-ciavo (“servant, slave”), from Medieval Latin sclavus (“Slav, slave”), related also to Italian schiavo, English Slav, slave and old Venetan S-ciavón (“Slav”) (from Latin Sclavonia (“Slavonia”)).


tjo

Tjo vad det går!

(colloquial) An expression of joy or intensity or the like; woo, woohoo


jein

Und ob ihr's glaubt oder nicht, mir geht es echt beschissen / Und während sich der Teufel und der Engel anschreien / Entscheide ich mich für ja, nein, ich mein jein!

1996, “Jein”, in Aussen Tophits, Innen Geschmack, performed by Fettes Brot:

Gibt es einen Gott? – Ja. Ist er tot? – Jein.

2019 November 22, anonymous author, “Bald wissen sie mehr”, in Titanic:

Is there a God? – Yes. – Is he dead? – Yes and no.

(chiefly humorous) yes and no, yes but also no; kinda


who's a pretty boy then

A conventional phrase used when talking to parrots.


srsly

Shortening of seriously by removing the vowels, as is common on IRC or texting.

A: My mum just broke her leg…
B: srsly?!

what's the point of names anyway. srsly. you could call a 🌹 a different name, and it would still 👃 just as sweet.

2015, William Shakespeare, Courtney Carbone, srsly Hamlet, Random House, →ISBN:

(Internet slang, text messaging) Are you serious? Really?


姥姥

/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴ lɑʊ̯⁴/

/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴ lɑʊ̯⁴/

(colloquial) bloody hell!; bastards!; like hell!; never!


je weet toch

/jə ˈʋeː ˌtɔx/

(Netherlands, slang) you know (tag question particle)


houdoe

→? Sranan Tongo: ódi

→ Saramaccan: ódi

From the phrase Houd oe (eige) goed (Standard Dutch: Houd u (zelf) goed).


jumping Jesus

Jumping Jesus! I just won $500.

He will guess as how we are pretty considerably damned clever, that we get along slick, and by the jumping Jesus, are not to be made wheelbarrows of.

1829, John MacTaggart, Three Years in Canada, volume I, page 210:

Oh, jumping Jesus Christ. Jesus. Jesus. Jesus. Indians are dumb.

1968, Israel Horovitz, Indian Wants the Bronx, page 27:

(mildly blasphemous) Expression of shock or surprise; Jesus Christ.


no shit

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see no, shit.

Well, no shit. What have we got here? A fucking comedian. Private Joker.

1987 June 17, Stanley Kubrick, Michael Herr, Gustav Hasford, Full Metal Jacket, spoken by Gunnery Sergeant Hartman (R. Lee Ermey), distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures:

(colloquial, vulgar) An exclamation of amazement or disbelief.

no fotis

vulgar: exclamation of amazement or disbelief

LAPD Operator: Attention, whoever you are: this frequency is reserved for emergency calls only.
John McClane: No fuckin' shit, lady! Do I sound like I'm orderin' a pizza?!

1988, Die Hard, spoken by John McClane (Bruce Willis):

(colloquial, vulgar, often sarcastic, somewhat derogatory) An ironic response to a statement of the obvious.


առողջություն

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առողջությու՛ն

առողջությու՛ն • (aṙoġǰutʻyún)

hy-interj

առողջությու՛ն

առողջությու՛ն • (aṙoġǰutʻyún)

առողջությու՛ն (canonical)
aṙoġǰutʻyún (romanization)

/ɑɾoχt͡ʃuˈtʏn/

[ɑɾoχt͡ʃʰutʰʏ́n]

Hy-առողջություն.ogg

From Old Armenian առողջութիւն (aṙołǰutʻiwn).

get well soon! (expressing hope that the listener will soon recover from illness)


不要緊

ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄣˇ

/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pɐt̚⁵ jiːu̯³³ kɐn³⁵/

/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pɐt̚⁵ jiːu̯³³ kɐn³⁵/


אך

(nonstandard) Unpointed form of אַך (akh).


不得了

ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄌㄧㄠˇ

/pu⁵¹ tɤ³⁵ li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pɐt̚⁵ tɐk̚⁵ liːu̯¹³/

/put̚³²⁻⁵ tiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ liau⁵³/

/put̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ liau⁵³/

/put̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ liau⁴¹/

/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ tiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ liau⁵⁵⁴/

/pu⁵¹ tɤ³⁵ li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pɐt̚⁵ tɐk̚⁵ liːu̯¹³/

/put̚³²⁻⁵ tiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ liau⁵³/

/put̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ liau⁵³/

/put̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ liau⁴¹/

/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ tiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ liau⁵⁵⁴/


sério

Learned borrowing from Latin sērius (“serious”), from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“heavy”).

lbor

really? (indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of)


sapristi

Alteration of sacristi; both euphemisms for an oath on the Sacred Host: Sacrum Corpus Christi.


beleza

Borrowed from Old Occitan belleza or Italian bellezza, both from Vulgar Latin *bellitia, a noun based on Latin bellus (“pretty”). By surface analysis, belo + -eza. Compare Spanish belleza and Catalan bellesa.

(Brazil, informal) what's up? (informal greeting)

(Brazil, informal) all right; okay (used either as a question or answer/agreement)

(Brazil, informal) a response to the greeting “Beleza?”


spokój

Inherited from Old Polish spokój. By surface analysis, s- + pokój. Compare Kashubian spòkój.


ողջույն

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ողջույն • (oġǰuyn)

hy-interj

ողջույն • (oġǰuyn)


placet

Latin placet (“it is pleasing”), inflection of placeō (“I am pleasing”).

Expression of assent to a vote in the governing body of a university, an ecclesiastical council, etc.


αλίμονο

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αλίμονο • (alímono)

Univerbation of the Byzantine Greek ἀλλ’ εἰ μόνον (all’ ei mónon, “but if only!”).

inh

ἀλλ’ εἰ μόνον

Αλίμονό του, τι έπαθε ο καημένος!

Alas, see what happened to the poor guy!

(followed by genitive weak personal pronoun) alas, woe expressing distress or misery

Αλίμονό σου αν σε πιάσει!

(followed by genitive weak personal pronoun) Expresses a threat, God help:


skinch

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nerede

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish نرده (nerde, “where, in what place”) (alternatively نرهده (nerede)), locative of Ottoman Turkish نره (nere, “what place, what part”), from نه (ne, “what”) + ارا (ara, “space or place between two things”), equivalent to ne + ara, from Proto-Turkic *nē- (“what”). Cognate with Turkmen nirede.

compound

Beş yıldızlı otelden kaliteli hizmet bekliyor insan ama nerde!

Used to indicate disappointment and resignation that a thing desired is or was unlikely to happen. Almost exclusively used in colloquial pronunciation.


bien fait

bien fait !

bien fait pour toi !

bien fait pour ta gueule ! dans ta gueule !

(informal) An exclamation that a bad thing happened to someone who deserved it.


autsch

ouch (expression of one's own physical pain)


salaamata

From Arabic سَلَامَة (salāmat, “good health”).


dankje

(colloquial) Alternative spelling of dank je


dank je

Afrikaans: dankie
→ English: dankie

Berbice Creole Dutch: danggi

Jersey Dutch: dānki

→ Ambonese Malay: dangke

→ Papiamentu: danki


dankie

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Borrowed from Afrikaans dankie, from Dutch dank je.


dankie

→ English: dankie


boe

onomatopoeic

Imitative

boo, exclamation expressing strong disapproval

(onomatopoeia) moo, the sound of lowing cattle


baril

Unknown. Likely from Galician baril, thus a doublet of varonil.


about sledge

(blacksmithing, dated) A warning that the heavy about sledge is about to be swung, usually by a hammerman.


czego

(colloquial, rude) what? (What do you want? or What did you say?)


万才

banzai! hooray! (a celebratory cheer; a cheer for victory)


naman

Ang ganda talaga ng Pilipinas. — Naman!

Philippines is really beautiful. — Of course!


fooey

"You see, I knew that's what you were aiming at," he concluded quietly.
"Fooey."
What if I was. It was a pretty good goal to have, it seemed to me.

1959, John Knowles, chapter 4, in A Separate Peace:


נכון

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נָכוֹן • (nakhón)

נָכוֹן (canonical)
nakhón (romanization)

נכון, פשוט לא שמתי לב לשגיאתי.

Yes, true; used to express agreement with a fact.


one side

Probably short for "move to one side", that is to one side of a passageway.

[…] sign hung from the bronze knob, and it stated without equivocation that the Britannic Museum was "closed for repairs."
But the Inspector was made of stern stuff. He closed his right hand and with the resulting fist pounded formidably on the bronze.
[…] out popped the gargoylish head of a bulb-nosed old man.
"Hey!" snapped this apparition. "Can't you read English?"
"One side, brother," said the Inspector cheerfully. "We're in a hurry."
The doorman did not budge […]

1933, Barnaby Ross, Drury Lane's Last Case, March 1946 republication as by Ellery Queen, Little, Brown, page 45

“This is no time for sympathy,” I said. “Now one side or flipper off — I gotta go to work.”

1952, Cyril M. Kornbluth, Make Mine Mars:

"I'm late now, Fatty. C'mon. One side," Zooey said. A Philadelphia highboy had been moved out into the hall, and, together with Mrs. Glass's person, it blocked Zooey's passage.

(idiomatic) A direct, somewhat impolite demand to ask someone to move out of the way.


kaut

Kaut viņš nāktu!

Kaut nebūtu tik auksts!


vivat

From Latin vīvat (literally “may s/he live”).

The magistrates were mobbed by vivat-yelling crowds, some 10,000 of whom made their way to the Bastille where they clamoured for Rohan's release.

2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 338:

A cry wishing someone long life and prosperity.


vivat

Borrowed from Latin vivat or French vivat.


誕生日おめでとう

ja-pos

たんじょうび おめでとう

誕(たん)生(じょう)日(び)おめでとう • (tanjōbi omedetō)

誕生日おめでとう (canonical)
tanjōbi omedetō (romanization)


Zugabe

[ˈt͡suːˌɡaːbə]

From zu- + Gabe, literally “addition” (cf. zugeben and geben).


bolan

Alo, bolan. Šta radiš?

(Bosnia, informal) a way of addressing a familiar male


好說

/xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵/

/ho⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ səʔ⁵/

/ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ seʔ³²/

/ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sueʔ³²/

/xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵/

/ho⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ səʔ⁵/

/ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ seʔ³²/

/ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sueʔ³²/

(colloquial) You flatter me; I don't deserve such praise


lupus in sermone

[ˈɫ̪ʊpʊs̠ ɪn s̠ɛrˈmoːnɛ]

From lupus (“wolf”) + in (“in”) + sermōne, the ablative of sermō (“conversation, discussion”).

talk of the devil, and he will appear
talk of the devil, and he will appear

(idiomatic) speak of the devil, talk of the devil, talk of the devil, and he will appear, it is he I was speaking of, of a person who comes just as we are talking about him


ցտեսություն

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ցտեսություն • (cʻtesutʻyun)

hy-interj

ցտեսություն • (cʻtesutʻyun)

"Till [the next] meeting, seeing one another", from ց- (cʻ-, “until”) + տեսություն (tesutʻyun, “seeing”). Compare Russian до свида́ния (do svidánija), Georgian ნახვამდის (naxvamdis) for the formation.

m+

до свида́ния


biada

Inherited from Old Polish biada, from Proto-Slavic *běda. Doublet of bieda.


punaise

From the feminine of punais (“having a foul odor”), from Vulgar Latin *pūtināsius, from Latin puteō + nāsus, based on nāriputēns.

(colloquial) Euphemistic form of putain; darn, shoot, shucks


tillykke med fødselsdagen

[tˢeˈløɡ̊ə mɛ ˈføsl̩sˌd̥æˀn̩]

happy birthday (good wishes for birthday)


順風

/ʂu̯ən⁵¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵/

/sɵn²² fʊŋ⁵⁵/

/sun⁵³ fʊŋ⁴⁴/

/sun⁴¹⁻²² hɔŋ³³/

/sun³³⁻¹¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴/

/sun³³⁻²¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴/

/sun²²⁻²¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴/

/sun⁴¹⁻²² huaŋ³³/

/zən²² foŋ⁴⁴/

/ɕyn²¹⁻¹¹ xʊŋ³³/

/ɕyn²¹⁻¹¹ xən³³/

/ʂu̯ən⁵¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵/

/sɵn²² fʊŋ⁵⁵/

/sun⁵³ fʊŋ⁴⁴/

/sun⁴¹⁻²² hɔŋ³³/

/sun³³⁻¹¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴/

/sun³³⁻²¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴/

/sun²²⁻²¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴/

/sun⁴¹⁻²² huaŋ³³/

/zən²² foŋ⁴⁴/

/ɕyn²¹⁻¹¹ xʊŋ³³/

/ɕyn²¹⁻¹¹ xən³³/


ամեն

Inherited from Old Armenian ամէն (amēn).


karibuni

plural of karibu: welcome! (to multiple people)


čik

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چيق (çık), equivalent to modern Turkish çık, imperative of çıkmak but also an interjection in its own right since Old Turkic times.


cin

Cin, cin! – cincogta egy előiramodó egérke.

1845, Hans Christian Andersen, “A fenyőfa (The Fir Tree)”, in Hans Christian Andersen meséi, →ISBN:

“Squeak, squeak,” said a little mouse that scurried forward.

squeak (imitative of a short, high-pitched sound of a mouse; can be used repetitively)


te'oro

te'oro te aworo. A popular greeting (canonical)


selamat tinngal

selamat tinggal
selamat tinggal#Indonesian


doviđenja

doviđénja (canonical)
довиђе́ња (Cyrillic)


Allah'a ısmarladık

goodbye, farewell (said by the departing party)


do viđenja

sh-interjection

do viđenja (Cyrillic spelling до виђења)


viszlát

goodbye, so long, see you later, next time, until I see you again


auf Wiederhören

Literally, “until we hear each other again”, alteration of auf Wiedersehen (“good-bye”, literally “until we see each other again”).


lep pozdrav

kind regards (at the end of a letter) (sometimes abbreviated as: "Lp")


ayó

From Spanish adiós and Portuguese adeus.


εις το επανιδείν

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εις το επανιδείν • (eis to epanideín)

From Ancient Greek εἰς (eis, “to”) + ἐπανα- (epana-, “again”) + ἰδεῖν (ideîn, “to look, to see”).


до побачення

до поба́чення

до поба́чення • (do pobáčennja)

до поба́чення (canonical)
do pobáčennja (romanization)

Uk-до побачення.ogg

до (do, “until”) + поба́чення (pobáčennja, “meeting, visit”) (from the root of побачити (pobačyty, “to see”)); compare Polish do zobaczenia (“see you later”).

compound

goodbye, see you later, until we meet again


hamba kahle

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hamba kahle (to one person, to multiple people hambani kahle)

goodbye (Used when the addressee is leaving. Literally, "go well".)


αντίο

αντίο • (antío)

αντίο σου ― antío sou ― goodbye to you (singular) ^†

αντίο σας ― antío sas ― goodbye to you (plural) ^†


atā

goodbye, bye-bye (leave-taking expression)


tạm biệt

[taːm˧˨ʔ ʔɓiət̚˧˨ʔ]

[taːm˨˩ʔ ʔɓiək̚˨˩ʔ]

[taːm˨˩˨ ʔɓiək̚˨˩˨]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 暫別, composed of 暫 (“temporary”) and 別 (“to leave”).

vi-etym-sino

(formal or literary) farewell; till we meet again


zbogom

reći komu zbogom.

to bid farewell to somebody (with dative).

Jedva čekam da se svrši ljeto, dosta mi je vrele klime
Zbogom, more, zbogom, more, odoh u planine

2014, Goran Bregović (lyrics and music), “Hajdemo u Planine”, in Bijelo Dugme Cd Box Set Deluxe (Abbey Road Remastered 2014), performed by Bijelo Dugme, Croatia Records:

I can't wait for summer to end, I'm tired of the hot climate
Farewell, sea, farewell, sea, I'm going to the mountains


até-logo

/ɐˌtɛˈlɔ.ɡu/

[ɐˌtɛˈlɔ.ɣu]


passe-bem

[ˌpa.sɨˈβɐ̃j̃]


gaap

an exclamation of sleepiness, boredom or disinterest: yawn!


ياالله

ar-interj

يَاٱللَّٰه • (yāllāh)

يَاٱللَّٰه (canonical)
yāllāh (romanization)

Gulf Arabic: يلا (yaḷḷa)

Maltese: jalla

Moroccan Arabic: يالله (yallāh)

→ Finnish: jalla

→ Hebrew: יאללה (yála)

→ Norwegian:

Norwegian Bokmål: jalla

→ Swedish: jalla

Compounded from يَا (yā, “O”) + اللّٰه (allāh, “God”). The colloquial sense derives from supplications of the sort “O God, let this and that happen!”, whence it was generalised to a particle or exclamation expressing a wish, encouragement, or command.

(dialectal, colloquial, Levantine) word accompanying bye-bye, bye


ἐλελεῦ

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ἐλελεῦ • (eleleû)


ค

(Internet slang, text messaging, humorous, vulgar) an expression of anger, frustration, disapproval, or disagreement.


adio

Borrowed from Italian addio. First attested in 1733. Doublet of adieu and adios.


adio

Borrowed from Italian addio or French adieu.


adio

sh-interjection

adȉo or àdio (Cyrillic spelling ади̏о or а̀дио)

adȉo (canonical)
àdio (canonical)
ади̏о (Cyrillic)
а̀дио (Cyrillic)


fok

From Dutch fokken, from Middle Dutch focken, vocken, from Old Dutch *fokken, possibly of Scandinavian/North Germanic origin (compare Norwegian fukka, Swedish fokka), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *fukkōną. Likely related to German ficken. The pejorative senses and usage are semantic loans of English fuck.

Fok, dit is lekker!

(slang, swear word) fuck (expressing anger, contempt, frustration, astonishment, etc.)


благо

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бла́го • (blágo)

From благ (blag, “gentle, kind”) + -о (-o).


благо

благо теби!

(exclamation, dative) expressing satisfaction, encouragement or congratulation about something that has just occurred or was heard from the interlocutor; good for you, good on you


благо

бла́го • (bláho)


ไม่

Possibly a contraction of miʔ^(DS2) (compare มิ (mí, “not”)) + ได้ (dâai, “to get; able; can; may; etc.”).


หา

used to express surprise, bewilderment, disbelief, contempt, or interrogation.


syömään

[ˈs̠yø̞̯mæːn]

dinner's ready! (invitation to come eat food that is now ready to eat)


ใช่

th-interj

ใช่ • (châi)

used to express affirmation: yes, right, correct, sure, etc.

use to express joy or pleasure: yes, etc.

used to express that someone or something is the main point: that's it, exactly, etc.


お誕生日おめでとうございます

ja-pos

お-たんじょうび おめでとう ございます

お誕生日おめでとうございます

お誕(たん)生(じょう)日(び)おめでとうございます • (o-tanjōbi omedetō gozaimasu)

お誕生日おめでとうございます (canonical)
o-tanjōbi omedetō gozaimasu (romanization)

[o̞tã̠ɲ̟d͡ʑo̞ːbʲi o̞me̞de̞to̞ː ɡo̞za̠ima̠sɨ̥]


vov

arf (Representing the sound of a dog's bark.)


vov

"VOV, VOV!" skällde hunden
"WOOF, WOOF!" the dog barked


nyomás

nyom (“to press, to push”) + -ás (noun-forming suffix)

affix

(informal) go (for it), let's go, let's do it, hurry up


ptdr

(Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of pété de rire (literally “exploded from laughter”)., approximately equivalent to English PMSL


hyvää päivänjatkoa

hyvää (“good”) + päivänjatkoa (“rest of the day”)


yatta

Borrowed from Japanese やった (yatta, “hurrah!, I did it!”).

bor+

Okay. Let's just launch a killer attack on the whole tribe! Kill off Cologne and Shampoo first, then get rid of the rest of the bunch! Then no more Shampoo-like girls going to attack people who beat them up, since they're all dead! Yatta!! Good idea!!!

1996 January 16, Caroline Ann Seawright, “Re: Shampoo Bashing! (was Ranma 1/2: Denial)”, in rec.arts.anime (Usenet):

I put in a US game and tried it and it worked perfectly. Then I put in a Japanese game and it worked also. Yatta!

1997 February 2, Kimo Kim, “NCS Mod review”, in rec.games.video.sony (Usenet):

"Yatta!" crowed the brunette. "Two for two!"

1999 May 20, LeVar Bouyer, “[FANFIC] Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Orion 408”, in alt.fan.sailor-moon (Usenet):

Ah! It worked! Yatta!

2004 December 6, Fish Eye no Miko [username], “Re: Video player help”, in rec.arts.tv.mst3k.misc (Usenet):

Yatta! File restored!

2008 1 July, Antonio Ospite, "ext3grep: success story. Thanks!", ext3grep, Google Groups

Yatta! I’ll go get my script, and be right back!

2009, Giz, Menage a 3: I <3 Magical Zii:

Finally, they found number 16 with the name Ragnvold printed below. "Yatta, we did it," exclaimed Tule.

2011, Ned Greenwood, Hachiman Taro: Firstborn of the God of War, Tate Publishing, →ISBN, page 233:

(chiefly fandom slang) An exclamation of happiness or excitement.


成程

From 成(な)る (naru, “become”) + 程(ほど) (hodo, “as much as, degree, extent”). First cited in a text from 1480.

ja-compound

なるほど碌なものにはならない。


bruh

Vietnamese: bủh (eye dialect)

PIE word
 *bʰréh₂tēr
A shortening of brother from African-American Vernacular English

Abra-abracadabra / (And for my last trick) I'm 'bout to reach in my bag, bruh / Abra-abracadabra / (And for my last trick, poof) Just like that and I'm back, bruh

2024, Eminem (lyrics and music), “Houdini”, in The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce):

You're moving to Greenland? Bruh!

Person 1: I poured canola oil into my car engine!

Person 2: Bruh.

Person 1: I think the word partisan derives from how they parted their hair.

Person 2: Bruh.

(slang) Expressing a feeling that something is an exceptionally stupid or inappropriate thing to think or to do.

Person 1: Your favorite show got cancelled!

Person 2: Bruh.


ček

Shortening of imperative forms of čekati.

Ček malo − pa to nije točno!
Wait a second − that's not correct!
(literally, “Wait a little − well that's not correct!”)


your ass

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A: My dog ate my homework.

B: Your ass.

(idiomatic, emphatic, colloquial, vulgar) A sarcastic expression of disbelief.


zowie

Zowie, what a walloping those Browns got in New York yesterday! A few more like that and the blow-up in Washington, then watch the anvil chorus in St. Louis.

1908 July 17, Thomas S. Rice, “Nationals Swat at Lively Clip Until New Orleans Steps Into Breach.”, in The Washington Times, Washington D.C., archived from the original on 2016-11-07, page 10:

(US, slang) An indication of astonishment or admiration.


of zo

or something, or so; indicates indifference to the exact details


sampai jumpa

From sampai (“until”) + jumpa (“meet”), literally "until we meet again".


yo mamma

Pronunciation spelling
pronunciation spelling


hello there

/həˈləʊ̯ ðɛə(ɹ)/

/hɛˈləʊ̯ ðɛː(ɹ)/

/hɛˈloʊ̯ ðɛɚ/

/həˈloʊ̯ ðɛɚ/

Obi-Wan Kenobi: Hello there.
General Grievous: General Kenobi! You are a bold one.

2005, Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith:


kupal

The word has been existing and even used as an insult since the 17th century. The colloquial etymology that the word is backslang of pa-cool, from pa- + English cool, literally “trying to be cool” may be false.

pre

Kupal naman o, hanggang baywang na ang tubig-baha!

Oh crap, the floodwaters are waist-high!


дайте ми

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köszönöm

köszön (“to thank”) + -öm (personal suffix)

affix

Köszönöm a segítségét.

thank you (an expression of gratitude, on the speaker's behalf)

keep the change (if said with some emphasis when handing over a banknote with a value not considerably larger than the required sum)


ayoye

(Quebec) expression of admirative surprise


corbleu

Euphemistic alteration of corps de Dieu (“God's body”); compare palsambleu, ventrebleu.


αμήν

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αμήν • (amín)


amin

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic аминъ (aminŭ).


amin

amen (so be it; used at the end of prayers)


amin

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


hohhoijaa

ho-hum (used to express boredom, disinterest or lack of novelty)


por fabor

From Portuguese por favor and Spanish por favor and Kabuverdianu pur favor.


whap

Whap, Biff, Ooooof, Sock, Pow, Zok! Batman is back. Gotham City is again leaving its law and order in the hands of a man who wears plastic underpants over his tights.

1989 June 5, The Canberra Times, Australia Capital Territory, page 10, column 2:


βέβαια

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βέβαια • (vévaia)


ammazzalo

(chiefly Roman and central Italian) Alternative form of ammazzelo (“damn!, goddamn!”, expressing surprise)


bek

Bek, bek, povídá, zadupe kopýtky a kluše dál.

2015, Karel Čapek, Hordubal, KKnihy.cz, →ISBN, page 37:

"Bark, bark", she says, stamps with her little hooves and keeps trotting.

(onomatopoeia) the characteristic bark of a roe deer


szervusztok

False plural of szervusz with the second-person plural suffix -tok.


szervusz

The greeting evolved from the commoners’ greeting in Latin servus humillimus (“your humblest servant”), said to lords. No subservience is implied in modern use. Compare Slovak servus, Romanian servus, German servus, Swedish tjenare. See also the similar etymology at csaó and alászolgája.


upsadaisy

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An affectionate encouragement to a child who has fallen over or is being lifted up.


zuiver

From Middle Dutch suver, from Old Dutch *sūvar, from Latin sōbrius. Doublet of sober.

(Suriname, colloquial) that's right, correct, exactly, agreed


orsù

come now! (or similar term of encouragement etc.)


woo hoo

"Woo hoo!" yelled Sue and David. "It's the weekend!"


természetesen

of course, by all means, certainly, definitely


hayu

Cognate with Indonesian ayo, Malay ayuh, and Javanese ꦲꦪꦺꦴ (ayo, “come on, let's, please”)

cog

Hayu urang ka basisir! Hayu urang ngojay! Hayu urang maén golf

Let's go to the beach! Let's go swimming! Let's go golfing!


jukra

One of the many euphemistic minced variants of jumalauta, like jukolauta.


vooruit

come on, go on (used to drive someone forward)

fine, oh all right then (said when grudgingly accepting a suggestion for a certain action)


pahus

dang, darn, damn, blimey, drat, rats (a mild curse)


Based on a casual salute, a cross-cultural gesture that often accompanies greetings like hello.

B@Sfhead-PalmForward Sidetoside

moving the hand repeatedly from side to side

larger arcs for nuanced meanings and levels of formality


B@Sfhead-PalmForward Sidetoside

Enthusiastic variation of B@Sfhead-PalmForward B@SideForeheadhigh-PalmForward (“hello”).


ਸਤਿ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਅਕਾਲ

pa-interj

ਸਤਿ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਅਕਾਲ • (sat srī akāl)

Sanskritic formation from ਸਤਿ (sat, “truth”) + ਸ੍ਰੀ (srī, “great”) + ਅਕਾਲ (akāl, “timeless”), literally “timeless being, i.e. god”.


nähkääs

[ˈnæhk̟æːs̠]


прости

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прости́ • (prostí)

прости́ (canonical)
prostí (romanization)


näät

Siinäs näät, olin oikeassa!


ollo

From Old Galician-Portuguese olho, from Vulgar Latin oclus, from Latin oculus. Cognate with Portuguese olho and Spanish ojo.

Ollo ó can!


waf

Waf waf! — Woof woof!


luus

From Middle High German and Old High German lōs. Compare German los.


vivát

From the Latin vivat (“long life”) (literally, live!), from vivere (“to live”).


立定

/li⁵¹⁻⁵³ tiŋ⁵¹/

/li⁵¹⁻⁵³ tiŋ⁵¹/


乾杯

/kän⁵⁵ peɪ̯⁵⁵/

/kɔːn⁵⁵ puːi̯⁵⁵/

/kon²⁴⁻¹¹ pi²⁴/

/kæ̃¹¹ pei¹¹/

/kän⁵⁵ peɪ̯⁵⁵/

/kɔːn⁵⁵ puːi̯⁵⁵/

/kon²⁴⁻¹¹ pi²⁴/

/kæ̃¹¹ pei¹¹/

GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)


乾杯

「空想力のために、乾杯。」立ち上って、グラスを干すと、眼がくらんだ気持ちで、ふらふらとよろけてしまった。

“Kūsōryoku no tame ni, kanpai.” Tachiagatte, gurasu o hosu to, me ga kuranda kimochi de, furafura to yorokete shimatta.

“Cheers to your fancy!” I stood up and drained a glass of beer. Then I felt dizzy and staggered.


साधु

साधु • (sādhú)

/ˈs̪ɑː.d̪ʱu/

well, enough of, away with (+instrumental)!


LOLWUT

From lol + wut, a corruption of LOL and what.

LucasArts says old adventure games "impossible" on DS, SCUMM says lolwut?

Oh Hai! Icahn Haz a Blog? LOLWUT??

(Internet, Internet slang) A confused or sardonic response to a statement that is confusing, exaggerated, or idiotic.


aĉ

Aĉ! Kio estas tiu fetoro?

Aĉ! Vi malfeliĉiĝos!

Ĉu ni havos neatenditan ekzameneton?? Aĉ!

Aĉ, kion mi devas fari nun?

Used to express dismay at a bad or unfortunate situation. Translations vary according to context, and may include uh-oh, ugh, oh no, my goodness, yuck, and too bad, among others.


dömur mínar og herrar

Literally, “my ladies and gentlemen”. Compare Swedish mina damer och herrar.

ladies and gentlemen
ladies and gentlemen


góðir hálsar

Literally, “good necks”, or more loosely translated as “good people”.


قرقب

a sound resembling the pronunciation of this word


الزب

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الزب (əẓ-ẓɑb)

(vulgar) Expression of worry, failure, shock, etc., often at something seen for the first time or remembered immediately before using this term

(vulgar) To show displeasure or surprise


kuitti

Borrowed from Swedish kvitt, kvitto (“receipt”).


abala

Abala sitay!

Abala dapo!


nn

(Internet slang, text messaging) Alternative form of n (“no”)


ompa

Used to reproduce the prominent bass rhythm of wind instrument music; oom-pah


masz

(colloquial) here you are (used when handing someone something)


good heavens

(dated, exclamation) An exclamation of surprise or shock.


bada bing bada boom

Of ideophonic origin. First appears in the 1958 Pat Cooper routine The Italian Wedding. Popularized by 1972 film The Godfather and 1990s television series The Sopranos.

That's how I work. A little slice of life here, a little piece of a different song there, and bada bing, bada boom, mix it all together and there it is.

2012, Cyndi Lauper, Cyndi Lauper: A Memoir, page 114:

And then, bada bing bada boom, our germs are reunited.

2014, Tina Calabria, Surviving Me: An Outsider’s Story, page 123:

If you go to DHS, they contact the sheriff's department, and bada bing bada boom, there's Deputy Bad Dog on the scene, who has, apparently, been working some kind of scam with the poor kids' parents or guardians.

2008, Arthur Barry, The Fireproof Motel, page 163:

(informal) Expressing that something was easily completed, was simple to accomplish, or followed as a direct consequence.

“I am not in any Mafia,” shouted Al. “There is no such thing as a Mafia.” “Yeah ... Bada bing, bada boom, fuggedaboudit. By the way, what is your campaign slogan — vote for me or else?"

2006, Brian Davis, Amusing Stories from the Royce Casket Company, page 91:

The gangster-announcer notes that although Baldacci says he's opposed to casinos, he voted in favor of them when he was in the Maine legislature. "If he can flip, he can flop, bada bing, bada boom, know what I mean?

2007, George De Stefano, An Offer We Can't Refuse: The Mafia in the Mind of America, page 39:

I knew that Demon couldn't predict what we were going to have, but I still liked to point out that he was wrong about Braxton. “That's because we had sex on a Tuesday with him. I figure we shoot for a Thursday, and bada bing bada boom, girl.

2019, Winter Travers, Devil's Knights, page 647v:

(informal) Used to euphemize what is said, sometimes to the extent that only the initiated will understand what is implied.


babau

O menino podia descobrir seu segredo, ficar enojado e aí babau _ as pretensões infantis de Heleninha iriam para o brejo.

1999, Marceu Vieira, Nada, não: e outras crônicas, Mauad, page 68:

The boy could find out her secret, become disgusted and then babau _ little Helen’s childish pretensions would go down the drain.

Bernardo Élis, A enxada in 2006 (originally 1976), Alfredo Bosi, O conto brasileiro contemporâneo, Editora Cultrix, page 101

The news surprised the vicar who, in person, accompanied by Piano, combed the house’s basement and searched the backyard. Unfortunately, babau hoe!

A notícia espantou o vigário que, em pessoa, acompanhado de Piano, revirou o porão da casa e rebuscou o quintal. Infelizmente, babau enxada!

(Brazil) used when something is lost forever


nolo episcopari

From Latin nolo episcopari (“I do not want to be bishop”). It was formerly maintained that those nominated for the post of bishop politely declined the offer twice with these words.

uder

He soon found means to make his addresses, in express terms, to his mistress, from whom he received an answer in the proper form, viz.: the answer which was first made some thousands of years ago, and which hath been handed down by tradition from mother to daughter ever since. If I were to translate this into Latin, I should render it by these two words, Nolo Episcopari: a phrase likewise of immemorial use on another occasion.

1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:

their Leader – for so, in spite of his Nolo episcopari, we must presume to call him — has given in his Elbing Letter so distinct a pledge – not merely of opinions, but of actual designs if his ministerial career had not been arrested – that we have little doubt that [...] Sir Robert Peel will substantially forward there measures, whoever may propose them.

1847, ‘Parliamentary Prospects’, The Quarterly Review, volume LXXXI:

‘Nolo episcopari,’ he urges in grateful deprecation.

1869, Pele-Mele, ‘Nolens (Volens) Episcopari’, New Monthly Magazine, vol. 145

Carlyle's hero may say, "I will be king"; but the Christian saint must say "Nolo episcopari." If the great paradox of Christianity means anything, it means this—that we must take the crown in our hands, and go hunting in dry places and dark corners of the earth until we find the one man who feels himself unfit to wear it.

Expressing a facetiously modest refusal of something which is actually desired.


chodź

used to entice the listener to doing something together with the speaker; come here, c'mon


særlig

From Old Norse sérligr. Cf. Norwegian Nynorsk særleg and Danish særlig. Related to Swedish särskilt. The Swedish and Danish word is never used as an interjection.


GG

(online gaming, slang) Good game; commonly used at the end of a gaming match; also sometimes used to end an argument.

(slang) Good going; may be used genuinely or sarcastically.


ehm

[…]ehm but if you’re happy then that’s what it comes up to at the end of the day if you’re happy doing what you are. ehm (..) if you’re not then it’s up to you to change it ehm I don’t think there’s a – (.) an age thing it’s ehm a personal one.

2004, Dariusz Galasiński, “‘There is a Concern’: Strategies of Emotion Talk”, in Men and the Language of Emotions, Palgrave Macmillan, →DOI, →ISBN, page 59:

01 C: ehm hiya / 02 S: hi how can I help / 03 C: ((laughing)) ehm well I’ve just been informed I can’t get on (.) my plane[…]

2007, Ronald Geluykens, “Investigating complaints in business English: an evalutation of data collection methods”, in Katja Pelsmaekers, Craig Rollo, editors, Economically Speaking: Essays in Honour of Chris Braecke, Garant, →ISBN, page 38:

So ehm, I agreed that I would look at, ehm, ways of, ehm, of reducing the amount I was spending on my personal development,[…]

2008, Erik de Haan, “Verbatim Transcript: Ken”, in Relational Coaching: Journeys Towards Mastering One-to-One Learning, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 309:


ack

Expressing distaste, alarm, or trepidation.


ack

From Old Swedish akh, from Middle Low German ach (“an unhappy interjection”).

der

Ack och ve!

Ack Värmeland, du sköna, du härliga land! Du krona bland Svea rikes länder. Och komme jag än mitt i det förlovade land, till Värmland jag ändock återvänder.

1822, “Ack Värmeland, du sköna (Värmlandsvisan) [Oh Värmland, you fair (The Värmland song / Song of Värmland)]”, Anders Fryxell, Fredrik August Dahlgren (lyrics), traditional (music)performed by Värmlands Nations Kör:

Oh Värmland, you fair [or "thou fair," to pair with "fair" and the general tone], you glorious land! You crown among the lands of the Kingdom of Sweden ["Swedes' [a tribe] kingdom" – solemn or poetic]. And were I even to come [subjunctive of komma (“come”), with "even/yet" from "än"] in the middle of the promised land, to Värmland I still return.

alas, oh (exclamation of sorrow, awe, etc. – being moved by emotion)


good show

An exclamation of praise or endorsement of an achievement.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see good, show.


marry come up

O Gods Lady deare, / Are you ſo hot? marrie come vp I trow, / Is this the Poultis for my aking bones?

c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene v], page 63, column 2:

I thought th' hadst scorn'd to budge a step / For fear. (Quoth Eccho) Marry guep.

1662 (indicated as 1663), [Samuel Butler], “[The First Part of Hudibras]. Canto III.”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. […], London: […] John Martyn and Henry Herringman, […], published 1678, →OCLC; republished in A[lfred] R[ayney] Waller, editor, Hudibras: Written in the Time of the Late Wars, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1905, →OCLC, page 64:

"Marry-come-up," cries Slipſlop, "People's Ears are ſometimes the niceſt Part about them."

1742, Henry Fielding, “What Passed between the Lady and Mrs. Slipslop, […]”, in The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews, and of His Friend Mr. Abraham Adams. […], volume I, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book I, page 47:

Marry gep, if it had not been for me, thou hadſt been yet but a hearing Counſel at the Bar.

1676 December 11 (first performance), [William] Wycherley, The Plain-Dealer. A Comedy. […], London: […] T[homas] N[ewcomb] for James Magnes and Rich[ard] Bentley […], published 1677, →OCLC, Act III, page 42:

Marry, come up, indeed; tie it yourſelf, you have as many Hands as I; your Man's Man will have a fine Office truly: Come, pray, ſtand out of my ſpitting Place.

1731 (date written), Simon Wagstaff [pseudonym; Jonathan Swift], “Dialogue I”, in A Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation, […], London: […] B[enjamin] Motte […], published 1738, →OCLC, page 39:

Marry come up with ſuch gentlemen! though he hath lived here theſe many Years, I don't believe there is arrow servant in the house ever ſaw the Colour of his Money.

1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume II, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book V, page 180:

Marry quep of your advice, for an old Scotch tinsmith, as you are!

1822 May 29, [Walter Scott], chapter IV, in The Fortunes of Nigel. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC, page 109:

Marry, quep! if you call this wasting time. Sir Egerton, we wonder what is employing it.

1835 March, “The Autobiography, Times, Opinions, and Contemporaries of Sir Egerton Brydges, […]”, in The Gentleman's Magazine, London: William Pickering; John Bowyer Nichols and Son, →OCLC, page 233, column 1:


nie ma mowy

- Ja panu powiem, a pan będzie mnie ciągał po sądach jako świadka? Nie ma mowy!

- I will tell you, and you will drag me to the courts as a witness? No way!

(idiomatic) a likely story! yeah, right!, nothing of the kind!, no way!, over my dead body!, tell me another! (that is not happening!)


röf

Röf! Röf! Röf! / Orra sárba döf: / sonkalábán Kucu néni / fürödni döcög.

1954, Lőrinc Szabó, Falusi hangverseny (Village concert), archived from the original on 2018-10-19:

Oink! Oink! Oink! / Her nose pokes the mud: / aunt Kucu on her ham-legs / waddles to take a bath.

oink (representing the sound made by a pig)


ใจ

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *caɰᴬ², from Proto-Tai *cɤɰᴬ (“heart; breath”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨧᩲ, Lao ໃຈ (chai), Lü ᦺᦈ (ṫsay), Tai Dam ꪻꪊ, Shan ၸႂ် (tsǎue), Tai Nüa ᥓᥬ (tsaue), Phake ꩡၞ် (caü), Ahom 𑜋𑜨𑜧 (chow). Compare to Proto-Austronesian *qaCay.


póg mo thóin

desc

→ Irish English: pog mahon, pogue mahone


höpö-höpö

/ˈhøpøˌhøpø/

[ˈhø̞pø̞ˌhø̞pø̞]

nonsense, pish posh, tosh, shut up (An emphatic rejection of something one has just heard)


aijai

[ˈɑ̝i̯j(ː)ɑ̝i̯]


dość

Inherited from Old Polish dość. By surface analysis, clipping of dosyć. Compare Czech dost, Kashubian dosc, Slovincian dôsc, and Ukrainian до́ста (dósta).

Dość kłótni!


Mahlzeit

15th century, from Mahl (“meal”) + Zeit (“time”). The word Mahl (a spelling variant of Mal) originally meant "mealtime", but was transferred to the meal itself. The compound then assumed the sense "mealtime", but ultimately underwent the same semantic development yet again. Compare Dutch maaltijd, English mealtide, Danish måltid, Icelandic máltíð.

gesegnete Mahlzeit
gesegnete Mahlzeit#German

(colloquial) Ellipsis of gesegnete Mahlzeit or prost Mahlzeit (literally “blessed meal”); enjoy your meal!

gesegnete Mahlzeit or prost Mahlzeit

(colloquial) good day, good afternoon; greeting used around lunchtime, roughly between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., especially in the workplace


Vorsicht

/ˈfoːʁˌzɪçt/

[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌzɪçt]

Chiefly a backformation from vorsichtig, from Middle High German vorsihtec, vürsihtec, from Old High German foresihtig, derived from foresiht, a calque of Latin providentia and provisio. By surface analysis, vor- + Sicht. Doublet of Vorsehung. Although the noun must underlie the adjective, the former is not attested again (after Notker) before the 15th century; it remained rare until ca. 1650. Compare Dutch voorzicht, English foresight.


поехали

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пое́хали • (pojéxali)

пое́хали (canonical)
pojéxali (romanization)

А вслед за э́тим вэфире прозвуча́ло ста́вшее тут же знамени́тым гагаринское «Поехали!».

1961, Alexander Zheleznyakov, «Поехали!» Мы – первые в космосе, LitRes, →ISBN:

As soon as this broadcast was received came Gagarin's famous "Let's go!".

A vsled za étim vɛfire prozvučálo stávšeje tut že znamenítym gagarinskoje «Pojexali!».


front and center

(idiomatic) A command to approach the center of attention of an assemblage, as of military personnel or students.


осторожно

осторо́жно! • (ostoróžno!)

осторо́жно! (canonical)
ostoróžno! (romanization)

Ru-осторожно.ogg

Cognate with Belarusian асцяро́жна (ascjaróžna).

Осторо́жно! Ты чуть не поскользну́лся.

look out!, look sharp!, watch out!, be careful!

Осторожно, высо́кое напряже́ние!


God Save the King

(Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK) An expression of one’s patriotism and hope for the long life of the monarch, especially in his presence.

(UK) A formal statement at the end of many proclamations issued by the King or in his name.

The Queen is dead! God save the King!

(UK) A formal declaration following the death of a reigning monarch when the next monarch is male.


calvaire

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin calvāria.

bor+

(Quebec, vulgar) fuck, fucking hell, bloody hell


однако

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одна́ко • (odnáko)

одна́ко (canonical)
odnáko (romanization)


Bueller

(waiting for absent response): From the movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986). Ben Stein's character, when doing roll-call, called "Bueller" multiple times with no answer, as Ferris Bueller was absent.

Does anyone want to go to the movies? ...Bueller?

Expression used to convey waiting for a response when there is none.


кы-кы

onomatopoeic

imitative

ле́бедь кричи́т кы-кы


sooey

Sooey, sooey! Come here, piggy!

For quotations using this term, see Citations:sooey.


cona

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cono m (13th century), from Latin cunnus m. Compare Portuguese cona f.


давай

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дава́й • (daváj) (addressing one person)

→ Armenian: դավայ (davay)

→ Estonian: davai

→ Ingrian: davai

→ Lithuanian: davai

→ Russenorsk: davai

дава́й чита́ть

+obj

let's [with imperfective infinitive or perfective first-person plural future]

дава́й, я тебе́ помогу́ ― daváj, ja tebé pomogú ― c’mon, I’ll help you

Ну, дава́й!


pling

Pling! Maten i mikron var klar.

Ding! The food in the microwave was ready.

represents a ding or a ringing sound (often with a high and clear tone)


bocs

Shortened from bocsánat (“sorry, pardon”).

Bocs, hogy megkérdeztem.

(colloquial) apols, soz (colloquial form of sorry or apologies)


haista vittu

[ˈhɑ̝i̯s̠tɑ̝ʋ ˈʋit̪ːu]


dique

(Dominican Republic, slang) said when someone thinks someone is lying


bitte schön

/ˈbɪtə ʃøːn/

(commonly said in answer to danke schön (“thank you very much”); usually not translated into English) don't mention it, not at all, you're welcome

(commonly said when offering or returning something; usually not translated into English) would you like?, here you are, thank you

commonly said when offering or returning something; usually not translated into English; commonly said when offering or returning something; usually not translated into English


hear ye

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-hear ye.wav

(archaic) Listen to me; used to introduce a public announcement.


nom nom nom

"I'm eating my toast. Nom nom nom. Slurping my tea <slurp>, filling my belly so I will go pee" <big laugh>. "Pee pee pee" <big laugh>.

2004, K Michael Forder, The High Kicking Kung Fu Soccer Playing Bunny Rabbit Tree:


gyí

gee up, giddyup (an instruction for a horse to start moving)


oje

Short for o Jesus. Compare the fuller ojemine, from o Jesu Domine.


feito

From Old Galician-Portuguese feito, from Latin factum. Doublet of facto/fato.


ím

Probably from the original i variant of e (“this”, demonstrative pronoun) + -m (pronoun-forming suffix for emphasis). First attested after 1416.

af

Piacra vont az ifju évek

1903, Endre Ady, Még egyszer… (Once Again…), poem, lines 1–6 http://hu.wikisource.org/wiki/M%C3%A9g_egyszer.. Még egyszer meghajolni késztet A lelkem régi, színes álma, Még egyszer, ím, tárva elétek, Ami az enyém, ami drága

(please add an English translation of this quotation)


gdi

(Internet slang, text messaging) Alternative letter-case form of GDI.


аферим

афѐрим (canonical)
afèrim (romanization)

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آفرم (âferim), from Persian آفرین (âfarin).


juriš

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish یورش (yüriş, “charge, assault”), from یورمك (yürimek, “to walk, to advance”).


aferim

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آفرم (aferim).


ach so

ah, oh, I see; expresses understanding or surprise


pidä hauskaa

[ˈpidæh ˈhɑ̝u̯s̠kɑ̝ː]


pitäkää hauskaa

[ˈpit̪æk̟æː ˈhɑ̝u̯s̠kɑ̝ː]


fuckity

And he is both obsessed and repelled by all this fuckity-fuck stuff, as he has come to call it in his mind.

1981, Peter O. Chotjewitz, The Thirty Years Peace, page 29:

Look for fuck's sake. Jesus Christ all fuckity, is that no a sight?

1997, Duncan McLean, Ahead Of Its Time: A Clocktower Press Anthology, page 236:

How could this be happening? How could I have been so wrong? Fuckity-fuck, I think to myself. Fuckity- fuckity-fuck.

2007, Chris Jones, Falling Hard: A Rookie's Year in Boxing, page 73:

(vulgar) Nonce variation of the word fuck.


valeu

(Brazil, familiar) thanks (expression of gratitude or satisfaction)


доброе утро

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до́брое у́тро

до́брое у́тро • (dóbroje útro)

до́брое у́тро (canonical)
dóbroje útro (romanization)


đéo

đéo • (鳥, 㨶, 𡡅, 𦛉)

vi-int

đéo • (鳥, 㨶, 𡡅, 𦛉)

Negative particle. Compare to Sora prefixes ɛr-, ɘk-, əʔ-, a-, ɘdn-, Juray a'd-, proto-Sora-Juray-Gorum *ad-/ar-.

Đưa đây cho tao!

Đéo!


bác

(onomatopoeia) boom (a sudden percussive sound)

Pozná děvče a bác! ožení se.

"He meets a girl and boom! He's married."


menno

Variation of manno, clipping of Mannomann, emphatic form of the interjection Mann.

Menno, ich will raus!

Ach menno, ich möchte das aber so gerne!

(slang) An expression of disbelief, frustration, or defiance.


bangsat

From Malay bangsat, from Hokkien 木蝨／木虱 (ba̍t-sat / ba̍k-sat, “bedbug”).

der

(vulgar, offensive, figurative) asshole, son of a bitch


gratz

Hey, gratz on leveling!

(Internet slang) Congratulations, congrats.


shazaam

and before you can say "Shazaam!" he is translated into Sgt. Moffatt of the Laguna Hills security force.

1968, Michael T. Malloy, The Art of Retirement, page 74:

Suddenly, you find yourself worrying about the strength of the dollar versus the euro and — shazaam — you switch from parasympathetic to sympathetic far faster than you wanted.

2004, Robert M. Sapolsky, Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers, page 125:


siya

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia. Compare Bikol Central siya, Cebuano siya, Indonesian ia, Maori ia, and Waray-Waray hiya.


shazam

Apparently coined by American comic book writer Bill Parker in February 1940, from the first letters of Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles and Mercury.

My parents lived in the Last Naïf Age: the last ‘good war’, atoms for peace, and parental philosophy that said children should do and say exactly what we do and say, and Shazam! You'll be us.

2008, Tom Bissinger, Da Capo:Selected Writings 1967-2004: Selected Writings 1967-2004, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 91:

So I brought you down the trail on the sled, put you in my car and, shazam, here we are.

2009, K. L. Denman, Me, Myself and Ike, Orca Book Publishers, →ISBN, page 185:

Used to indicate that a magic trick or other illusion has been performed.


joho

From jo, formed similarly to nehej (< nej).

Pølsefingre, sagde jeg og viftede med dem. – Nehej. – Joho.

2011, Helle Helle, Dette burde skrives i nutid, Rosinante & Co, →ISBN:

Thick fingers, I said and waved them. - Nuhuh. - Yuhuh.

“Jeg elsker dig endnu mere,” sagde han stille. “Det kan man slet ikke,” sagde hun og aede hans varme skulder. (...) “Joho.” “Nahaj.” Det gjorde ondt, når hun lo, ...

2016, Ninni Schulman, Vores egen lille hemmelighed, Art People, →ISBN:

“I love you even more,” he said quietly. “One simply cannot do that,” she said and stroked his warm shoulder. (...) “Yuhuh.” “Nuhuh.” It hurt when she laughed, ...

“Der var ingen mand her.” “Joho,” siger Mira bestemt. “Jeg så ham, da det var mørkt!”

2012, Johan Theorin, Sankt Psyko: spændingsroman, Politikens Forlag, →ISBN, page 232:

“There was no man here.” “Yuhuh,” Mira says firmly. “I saw him when it was dark!”

(childish) Expression of vehement insistence.


joho

(colloquial) yuh-uh (as a reply to nähä (“nuh-uh”))


ان‌شاءالله

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انشاءالله • (enšâ'allâh or enšâllâ)

انشاءالله (canonical)
enšâ'allâh (romanization)
enšâllâ (romanization)

[ʔɪn.ʃɑː.ʔäl.lɑ́ːʱ]

[ʔɪn.ʃɑː.ʔäl.lɑ́ːʱ]

[ʔɪn.ʃɑː.lɑ́ː]

[ʔin.ʃɔːäl.lɔ́ː]

[ʔen.ʃɒː.ʔæl.lɒ́ːʰ]

[ʔen.ʃɒː.ʔæl.lɒ́ːʰ]

[ʔen.ʃɒː.lɒ́ː]

Borrowed from Arabic إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللَّٰهُ (ʔin šāʔa llāhu).

bor+

إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللَّٰهُ

انشالله ۱۲۰ ساله بشی.
enšâllâ 120 sâle beši.
Inshallah you'll be 120 years old.

a compliment said at a friend's birthday

inshallah, if God wills, God willing; hopefully, fingers crossed


hayan

The latter half of the word is possibly iyan. See also niyan, ganiyan/ganyan, diyan, heto, hayon/hayun, ayon/ayun, and other Tagalog demonstrative pronouns.

there! there it is! (far from the speaker, but near the person addressed)


smakelijk

Shortening of eet smakelijk and/or smakelijk eten.


zack

Jetzt raus aus der Badewanne, aber zack!

Er hörte nur das Wort „Hausaufgaben“ und, zack, war er verschwunden.

He only heard the word "homework" and, poof, he disappeared.

(colloquial) Onomatopoeia expressing that something happens quickly or suddenly.


早安

/t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀän⁵⁵/

/t͡sou̯³⁵ ɔːn⁵⁵/

/t͡sa⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ an³³/

/t͡sa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ an⁴⁴/

/t͡so⁵³⁻⁴⁴ an⁴⁴/

/t͡sa⁵²⁻³⁵ ũã³³/

/t͡sɔ³³ ø⁴⁴/

/t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀän⁵⁵/

/t͡sou̯³⁵ ɔːn⁵⁵/

/t͡sa⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ an³³/

/t͡sa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ an⁴⁴/

/t͡so⁵³⁻⁴⁴ an⁴⁴/

/t͡sa⁵²⁻³⁵ ũã³³/

/t͡sɔ³³ ø⁴⁴/


tusan

From Old Swedish tusan(d) (“thousand”), using a thousand of something (e.g. little devils) as an emphasis. See tusen.

Vem tusan är Arvid Falk?
Who the hell is Arvid Falk?


καλέ

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καλέ • (kalé)

Καλέ αγόρια, που πάτε;

(colloquial) hey, oi (vocative interjection)

Πήγαινε καλέ και φερε το σκυλί για βόλτα!

Go and bring the dog for a walk, won't you?

Pígaine kalé kai fere to skylí gia vólta!

(colloquial) will you, won't you (request interjection)

Καλέ, κοίτα πόσο ψήλωσε το παιδί!

Oh my, look how tall the child's become!

(colloquial) wow, oh my, jeez, gosh (shock or surprise interjection)

Καλέ κοίτα ποιος αποφάσισε να 'ρθει!

Well, well, well, look who decided to come!

(colloquial) well, well, well (irony or sarcasm interjection)


yah boo

I don't care about your stupid party anyway, so yah boo to you.

(British) An expression of derision or scorn.


pockmas

„Pockmas, Friedel. Nach Dir.“

2003, M. Lang, Kommissar Scherholm macht Urlaub, BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, page 220:

Na denn mal los oder Pockmas!, wie die Bayuvaren so schelmisch sagen wenn sie in guter Laune sind.

2007 April 8, 1X2Willows, “Re: Oster-Chat”, in ch.soc.politics (Usenet):

rade, pockmas, auf noch abudawi!

2009, Johannes Zuber, “Vermögendenpartei(ÖVP): Mindestsicherung unter Armutsgrenze”, in at.gesellschaft.politik (Usenet):

(nonstandard, uncommon) let's go; let's start


nosuh

A negative response, addressed to a man; no.


yassuh

A formal affirmative response, addressed to a man; yes.


yeave-ho

An exclamation used when pulling, especially by sailors while pulling on a rope.


yech

Yech! This jelly donut is the worst on the planet!

The author in effect tells the reader it's OK to be gay if you're successful, handsome, well-hung and in no way effeminate. Yech!

1979 April 28, Allen Young, “The Joy of Gay Lit”, in Gay Community News, page 20:


lero

(El Salvador, often used repeatedly) blah blah blah; used to indicate a long and dull conversation

(Mexico, often used repeatedly) used to indicate mockery


juj

An onomatopoeia. Its senses are identical to jaj. Often appears in repetitive forms: jujujj, jujujuj.

Juj, de megégettem a kezem!

ouch, oh (an expression of one's own physical pain)

Juj, de édesek ezek a kiskutyák!

oh (expression of wonder, amazement, or awe)


aïoli

Borrowed from Occitan alhòli, contraction of alh (“garlic”) + òli (“oil”).


hurra

Probably from Middle High German hurrā, an imperative from hurren (“to move quickly”), from Proto-Germanic *hurzaną (“to rush”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”).


hurra

Of uncertain origin, perhaps borrowed from German hurren (“to hasten”); see hurra.


jaj

Jaj de szép!


ヤッホー

ja-pos

ヤッホー or やっほー • (yahhō)

ヤッホー (canonical)
やっほー (canonical)
yahhō (romanization)


I say

desc

Solombala English: асей (asej, “English sailor”)

→ Swahili: aisee

I say! That's impressive!

I say, what is the meaning of this?

Adrian thought it worth while to try out his new slang. ‘I say, you fellows, here's a rum go. Old Biffo was jolly odd this morning. He gave me a lot of pi-jaw about slacking and then invited me to tea. No rotting! He did really.’

1991, Stephen Fry, chapter III, in The Liar, London: William Heinemann, →ISBN, page 26:

(British, dated) An exclamation of surprise or protest.

I say! ... John ... Are you still there? If you're going into town could you get some eggs?

(British) An exclamation used to call someone or attract someone's attention.

When such men as Mr. Burke, Mr. Dundas, Mr. Pitt, Mr. Windham, and my Lord Grenville: when such men as these unreservedly and repeatedly avowed their sentiments on the condition of the Slave; when they saw no danger in the avowal; […] when, I say, these men thus thought, spoke, and acted […]

1823, William Wilberforce, Appeal to the Religion, Justice and Humanity of the Inhabitants of the British Empire in Behalf of the Negro Slaves in the West Indies:

But when Amelia came down with her kind smiling looks (Rebecca must introduce her to her friend, Miss Crawley was longing to see her, and was too ill to leave her carriage)—when, I say, Amelia came down, the Park Lane shoulder-knot aristocracy wondered more and more that such a thing could come out of Bloomsbury; […]

1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 63, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:

"Stop! Stop I say!" ordered the professor imperiously.

1912, Clarence Young, The Motor Boys on the Wing: Or, Seeking the Airship Treasure, page 63:

Used for emphasis, or when resuming after diversion or interruption.

I say, I say, I say! Did you hear the one about the nun in a maternity ward?

(dated or clichéd) A traditional introduction to a joke, usually thrice repeated.


'dswounds

Contraction of God's wounds; see zounds.

’Dſvvounds! vvhy doſt thou not lay out thy Money to purchaſe a Place at Court, of honeſt Iſrael?

1733, Humphry Polesworth [pseudonym; John Arbuthnot], Alexander Pope, compiler, “Law is a Bottomless Pit. Or, The History of John Bull. […]. The Second Part. Chapter IX. A Copy of Nic. Frog’s letter to John Bull.”, in Miscellanies, 2nd edition, volume II, London: […] Benjamin Motte, […], →OCLC, page 107:


tyvm

Alternative form: TYVM

As a Certified Film Girly (I have a film minor from a state school, tyvm), I am obliged to remind you that the onscreen throuple has been sighted as far back as 1962, when François Truffaut’s Jules et Jim hit theaters and became a French new wave classic.

2023 October 2, Courtney Young, “Calling It Now: Throuples Are About to Put Love Triangles Out of Business”, in Cosmopolitan:

thank you very much
thank you very much#English

(Internet slang) Initialism of thank you very much.


bæsj

Likely from æsj (“yuck, eek”), of onomatopoeic origin. The noun is a nominalization of the interjection.
Cognate with Swedish bajs and Danish bæ.

(colloquial) Used as an expression of disgust or contempt.


ನನ್ನಿ

Derived from Proto-Dravidian *nal. Cognate with Malayalam നന്ദി (nandi), Tamil நன்றி (naṉṟi).


joda

emphatic of jo: Yes, yes indeed, of course; in disagreement with the last speaker's negative statement.


imagina

(Brazil) no problem; don't mention it (polite response to a thank you)


marcaba

Borrowed from Arabic مَرْحَبًا (marḥaban).


transeat

Unadapted borrowing from Latin trānseat.


haista paska

[ˈhɑ̝i̯s̠tɑ̝p̚ ˈpɑ̝s̠kɑ̝]


atay

Undetermined. Compare Hiligaynon alatay / aratay.


oh my days

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“[…] Oh, my days, don’t ’ee say another word about either of ’em. I wish I’d never been born.”

1907, Mary Patricia Willcocks, The Wingless Victory, John Lane Company, page 391:

"Oh my days," said my mother and she sank into a chair.

1963, Will P. Rose, The Vanishing Village, Citadel Press, page 192:

‘Oh my fucking days,’ cried Biscuit, shaking his head. ‘We’re fucking jinxed, man.’

2001, Alex Wheatle, East of Acre Lane, Fourth Estate, →ISBN, page 33:

Then the nurse mentioned Epidural, oh my days I know i nearly passed out at the sight of the needle going into the spinal column, all the while that wretch is screaming blue murder in the next room, 'get it out'.

2004, "Kunjufu" (username), comment in "Fathers and Childbirth" (online forum topic), quoted in Barbara M. Newman and Philip R. Newman, Development Through Life: A Psychosocial Approach, Tenth Edition, Cengage Learning (2008), page 111

Jamal covered his face with his hands. ‘Oh my days . . .’

2006, Martyn Waites, The Mercy Seat, Pegasus Books, →ISBN, page 361:

Jessie was so amazed that she almost spilled her tea. “Oh my heavenly days!” she cried.

2008, Budge Wilson, Before Green Gables, G.P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 12:

(British, Ireland, euphemistic) An exclamation of astonishment or gleeful disapproval.


bilat

Antonio Pigafetta
Magellan's circumnavigation

First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522.
Compare Hiligaynon bílat, Masbatenyo bilat, and Tausug bilat.

Pigafetta

(vulgar) used to express one's surprise at slipping on wet or polished floor

(vulgar) used to express one's surprise at a near slip up or accident


puxa

Borrowed from Spanish pucha, corruption of puta (“prostitute”).

(colloquial) expresses surprise or admiration


puxa

(Brazil, colloquial) expresses surprise or admiration

(Brazil, colloquial) expresses disappointment


fodeu

(vulgar) used to say a situation is helpless, doomed, as in "now we are fucked"


gesinjoroj

ge- (“both sexes (or: of any sex)”) + sinjoroj (“misters, gentlemen”)

prefix

(salutation of a letter) Dear Mr. and Mrs., dear sir and madam

Gesinjoroj!

Je la malferma kunsido, S-ro Moynier paroladis : Gesinjoroj! «La internacia Komitato de Ruĝa-Kruco, kiu sidas en Genevo, kaj kies ano mi estas, faris al mi la honoron min delegi en la Dresdenan Esperantistan Kongreson.»

1905, Oficiala protokolo de Universala Kongreso de Esperanto, volumes 1-6, page 149:

At the open session, mr. Moynier said: Ladies and gentlemen! «The international committee of the red cross, which is seated in Geneva, and of which I am a member, bestowed upon me the honour of sending me as a delegate to the Esperantists' Congress in Dresden.»


perdeu

(Brazil, slang) used by thieves when stealing someone’s valuables; stand and deliver


venceremos

(politics, slogan) we shall prevail, overcome, be victorious


alakazam

Unknown, with various theories ranging from spontaneous usage as a nonsense chant, to less likely sources from Arabic, Latin, and Hindi.
Some etymologists suggest an origin from Arabic القَسَم (al-qasam, “the oath”).

A magic word used in conjuring; presto, shazaam.


akurat

Borrowed from German akkurat. First attested in 1807. Compare Kashubian akùrôt and Slovincian akúrot.

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Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “akurat”, in Słownik języka polskiego

"A potem zjadł wszystkie jabłka!" "Akurat!"

"And then he ate all the apples!" "Yeah, right!"

(ironically) tell me another!, nothing of the kind!, a likely story!, yeah, right!


моля

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мо́ля • (mólja)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *modliti (“to pray”).

inh+

you're welcome, don't mention it, not at all


crisse

Crisse que ça m’énarve !


big wow

"Okay, fine. Who lost their virginity first?" "Oh, big wow, with your cousin Barry."

1997, Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (film)


hooroo

From 1700s British hooray or hurray, which was also used in Australia to mean goodbye.

Placing it triumphantly on the mahogany desk before him, he exclaims — “Hooroo ! Ho-ooo-roo-ooo ! in a husky voice, and sinks exhausted on a satin divan. “What′s the row, Hiram?” all cry, gathering eagerly about him. “Hooroo! I′m a rich man! I′ve got my patent!”

1886, The Yale Courant, volume 22, number 11, page 149:

1901—02, Herminie Templeton Kavanagh, Darby O'Gill and the Good People, McClure's Magazine, reprinted 1903, Reilly & Britton, page 80,
Every brown cap was swung in the air. “Hooray! Hooray! Hooroo!” rang the cheers.

When the visiting school wins (and sometimes it does, you know), then in pure politeness he says: “Hooroo! hooroo!” but he only goes half-way round.

1905, Report of the National Congress of Mothers: Held in the city of Washington, D. C., March 10-17, 1905, page 214:

1981, Chris Wallace-Crabbe, Splinters, Rigby, page 182,
‘Hooroo! Hooroo! Hooroo!’ she shouted, tossing handfuls of instant confetti over their happy heads.

1998, Theatre Record, Volume 18, Issues 18-26, page 1510,
The audience is made to chorus “Hooray, hooray, we the common people say hooray“ and “Hooroo, hooroo, Plaid Cymru, hooroo” in celebration of the royal wedding, and is regaled with parish-panto Pooterisms galore.

“I′d better be going. Hooroo.”
“Hooroo.”

1980, The Bulletin, volume 100, page 329:

2009, Peter Yeldham, A Distant Shore, Penguin Group, unnumbered page,
‘Hooroo.’ It had always been her inevitable parting word.
‘Hooroo, Mrs Wheatley. Don′t forget next week.’

‘Hooroo, come again!’
‘Hooroo, we will.’

2011, Shirley May, Conversations with Teddy: A Child′s Journey of Survival with Her Teddy Bear, the Keeper of Secrets, Xlibris, page 47:


j'adoube

Borrowed from French j’adoube (“I adjust”), from je (“I”) + adouber (“to adjust”).

(chess) Spoken by a player before adjusting a piece on the chessboard, to indicate that he or she is not making a move in the game.


dank U

dank u


come off it

Originally a British shortening of "come off the grass!", an older (originally American) phrase. Come off the grass!, which is roughly indicative of the speaker's disbelief, or that the speaker believes that the one being spoken to needs to face reality, is ultimately a play on the oft-seen phrase on signs in places such as public parks: "keep off the grass".

Come off it, mate! You can't be serious.

My palace spies have informed my that a certain tacky queen going by the pseudonym "Joey Ganimeed" has been presuming to offer you the 'facts of life' about gay existence (GCN, August 11, 1984). The next time you see him, tell him from me "Come off it, Mary."

1984 August 18, Gary Ralph, “Meow, Meow”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 6, page 5:

A feminist? Oh come off it! Why is Netflix idolising a porn star infamous for scenes of violence to women? [title]

2024 March 6, Philip Oltermann, “A feminist? Oh come off it! Why is Netflix idolising a porn star infamous for scenes of violence to women?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:


hey rube

Used since approximately 1935; from a shortening of the given name Reuben. It originated as a cry used by circus workers, possibly because of the connotations of the name Reuben as belonging to someone living in the rural USA.

A call to rally circus members in a fight.


лайно

From Proto-Slavic *lajьno. Compare Belarusian лайно́ (lajnó), Bulgarian лайно́ (lajnó), Macedonian лајно (lajno), Polish łajno.


forfikiĝu

From for (“away, gone”) + fiki (“to fuck”) + -iĝi (“to become, change in state”) + -u (“imperative verb suffix”).

affix

(vulgar) fuck you (more literally, fuck off)


come along

Come along, dear, there's no point crying over it.

Come along, Jane. Please finish your homework.

Expression of encouragement or mild reproach.


oorah

(US, military) The official yell for the US Marines.


no matter

Shortened from earlier it makes no matter, it is no matter.

It seems that Doug's coat has gone missing. Oh, well, no matter: we can always buy a new one, now can't we?

"Did you fail your exam?" "Yes, but no matter. I'll just study harder next time."

(dated or US) It doesn't matter, it's unimportant, it doesn't make any difference.


chingado

[t͡ʃĩŋˈɡa.ð̞o]

¡¿Qué chingados estás haciendo?!

(Mexico, colloquial, vulgar, also in plural) fuck, hell


chingas

Possibly derived from Spanish chingar (“to engage in sexual intercourse, to fuck”)

bor

(Bermuda) An expression of surprise or wonder. Wow! Awesome!


heureka

Borrowed from Ancient Greek εὕρηκα (heúrēka, “I have found”), perfect active indicative 1st singular of εὑρίσκω (heurískō, “I find”).

bor+

eureka (exclamation indicating sudden discovery)


heureka

Borrowed from Ancient Greek εὕρηκα (heúrēka, “I have found”).


simón

(colloquial, Mexico) yes, hell yeah (commonly used to respond affirmatively to a question)


truth be told

Ellipsis of if the truth should be told.

I'm not sure if I can do this, truth be told.

Actually, truth be told, I just don't like you.

Well, certainly there are those who are more responsible than others - and they will be held accountable - but again, truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror.

When I opened my laptop on Tuesday to take my first run at GPT-4, the new artificial intelligence language model from OpenAI, I was, truth be told, a little nervous.

2023 March 15, Kevin Roose, “GPT-4 Is Exciting and Scary”, in The New York Times:

(idiomatic) Used when admitting something one might otherwise lie about, e.g. to keep up appearances or be polite.


bish bash bosh

Throw in a love story early on and you're laughing. Write it up as a novel and, bish-bash-bosh, you've got the next Captain Corelli.

2001 June 1, Gareth McLean, “I like your altitude”, in The Guardian:

So infectious was Jamie’s trademark bish bash bosh enthusiasm that it may actually have been counterproductive.

2007 August 8, Gerard O'Donovan, “Last night on television”, in telegraph.co.uk, retrieved 2008-10-14:

(British, informal) Indicating the completion of a task with efficiency.


กรรม

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กรรม • (gam)

From Pali kamma (“action; activity”), probably via Old Khmer -កម្ម (-kamma, “action, deed”), probably with some input from Sanskrit कर्मन् (karman, “action; activity”); probably via Old Khmer -កម៌្ម (-karmma, “action, deed”). The regular derivative of the Sanskrit word is synonymous กรรม์ (gan).

bor

(Internet slang) used to express disappointment, frustration, or pity.


helaba

From French hé (“hey”) + là-bas (“there”).

(Belgium) hey, you - Used to point out somebody has to watch out 'watch it!', or to (work up to) reprove


bada boom bada bing

bada bing bada boom
bada bing bada boom#English


ba da bing ba da boom

Alternative spelling of bada bing bada boom


bada bing

(slang) Alternative form of bada bing bada boom


bon profit

Literally, “good benefit”. Compare Spanish buen provecho.


tuso

/ʘ/, tsch (a word or sound used to call or get the attention of a dog)


fains

Synonym of fainites (“cry for truce in children's games”)


wèlkóm

From Dutch welkom. Originally goodkómme.


quelle horreur

that's terrible, how horrible, isn't that awful


galing

Galing!

Galing ah!

expression of praise or endorsement after a display of expertise; remarkable; excellent; wow; great; awesome; great job; well done

(sarcastic) expression of sarcastic disappointment or ridicule after a display of incompetence; wow; great; good job; well done


ขา

(women's speech) used to express affirmation, assent, or acknowledgment.


kraak

Coordinate term: kvaak (the sound of duck)

Alternative form: krääk

croak, caw (the sound of a raven or a crow)


spietelik

Miens spietelik! Ich zoog neet det ich óp diener teen tratsjdje!

I'm sorry! I didn't see that I was walking over your toe!

expresses regret, remorse, or sorrow, sorry.


cacete

(Brazil, informal, vulgar) intensifier; demonstrates anger; fuck


gago

Borrowed from Spanish gago (“one who stutters”).

bor+

Ay gago!

(vulgar, slang) mindless swear of frustration: shit!; fuck!


good job

If you hadn't hit that last ball, we would have lost. Good job!

做得好

a phrase used to praise for a good job or efforts

辛苦

stock phrase when thanking someone for the job


gratulálok

Gratulálok a sikeres záróvizsgádhoz!

Congratulations on your successful final exam!


murt

Along with the variant mort, from Middle Irish martad, a borrowing from Latin mors (“death”).


shit pommes frites

/ˈɕɪtː pɔmˈfrɪtː/

From the loan interjection shit, with the same basic meaning as in English, and pommes frites (“French fries”). The combination is based on the fact that the terms form a short rhyme.

Shit pommes frites! Vilken stor glass!

(colloquial) An expression of amazement or surprise.


mem.

I had for dinner, or rather supper, a chicken done up in some way with red pepper, which was very good but thirsty. (Mem., get recipe for Mina.)

1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, Folio Society, published 2008, page 3:


squee

2001, Susan, “I got a hamster! Squee!”, in alt.fan.digimon (Usenet):

The new console will certainly have more powerful graphics, processor, hard drive and all those specs that really only nerdy writers for technology websites care about: “Ermahgerd, moar polygons! More frame rate! Squee!”

2013 May 17, Peter Nowak, “There will be buttons: And other truths about the next-gen Xbox”, in The Globe and Mail:

(informal) A squeal of excitement or delight.


wibble-wobble

(informal) The sound of something liquidy wobbling (e.g. jello).


oontz

Garage isn't very much lke ^([sic]) jungle. The garage that I've heard is like jazzy house (has the oontz oontz oontz beat) maybe a little loungy.

1999, BRENTT NEWMAN, “Garage?”, in alt.music.jungle (Usenet):

Maybe if I had some electronic drumbeats and grinding noises and of course some oontz oontz oontz noises...

2000, Tiny Human Ferret, “Musical Pretention”, in alt.gothic.pretentions (Usenet):

I thought you didn't like all that oontz oontz music : )

2002, Evil Sponge, “Gonna go see Blade II today - wanna come?”, in alt.books.clive-barker (Usenet):

(slang) Imitating an electronic drum sound.


jeepers creepers

(minced oath) An expression of surprise or annoyance.


آمین

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آمین • (âmîn)

Turkish: âmin

Etymology tree
Biblical Hebrew אָמֵןbor.
Koine Greek ᾱ̓μήν (āmḗn)bor.?
Classical Syriac ܐܰܡܺܝܢbor.
Koine Greek ᾱ̓μήν (āmḗn)bor.?
Aramaic אַמִיןbor.
Arabic آمِينَ (ʔāmīna)bor.
Ottoman Turkish آمینBorrowed from Arabic آمِينَ (ʔāmīna).


آمین

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آمین • (âmin)

Etymology tree
Biblical Hebrew אָמֵןbor.
Koine Greek ᾱ̓μήν (āmḗn)bor.?
Classical Syriac ܐܰܡܺܝܢbor.
Koine Greek ᾱ̓μήν (āmḗn)bor.?
Aramaic אַמִיןbor.
Arabic آمِينَ (ʔāmīna)bor.
Persian آمینBorrowed from Arabic آمِينَ (ʔāmīna).


sto lat

Literally, “[may you live] a hundred years”.

lit

(idiomatic) happy birthday, many happy returns (good wish made to someone celebrating their birthday)