hoity-toity

Probably from hoit (“to behave frivolously and thoughtlessly; to play the fool”) + -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘having the quality of’), reduplicated with a change of the initial consonant. The noun is attested earlier than the adjective.

suffix

Hoity toity, VVhat have I to do vvith his Dreams or his Divination—Body o' me, this is a Trick to defer Signing the Conveyance.

1695, [William] Congreve, Love for Love: A Comedy. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act III, scene x, page 46:

‘Hoity! toity!’ cries Honour, ‘Madam is in her Airs, I proteſt.[…]’

1749, Henry Fielding, “Containing Scenes of Altercation, of No Very Uncommon Kind”, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume III, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book VII, page 59:

VVhy, here is nothing in the vvorld in this houſe but catter-vvavvling from morning till night, nothing but catter-vvavvling. Hoity toity! vvho have vve here?

1762 December 8 (first performance), [Isaac Bickerstaffe], Love in a Village; a Comic Opera. […], 4th edition, London: […] W. Griffin; for J[ohn] Newbery, and W. Nicoll, […]; G[eorge] Kearsley, […]; T[homas] Davies, […]; and J. Walter, […], published 1763, →OCLC, Act II, scene ii, page 26:

"I have some reason to fear," interrupted Nicholas, "that before you leave here my career with you will have closed." […] "Why, he don't mean to say he's going!" exclaimed Mrs. Grudden, making her way towards Mrs. Crummles. "Hoity toity! nonsense."

1838 March – 1839 October, Charles Dickens, “Of the Proceedings of Nicholas, and Certain Internal Divisions in the Company of Mrs. Vincent Crummles”, in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1839, →OCLC, page 478:

"Hoity-toity!" said the Chrysanthemum, "what is this? Who is it? Where is it?" So she had to come out from under the holly; and the young trees gathered round her, fussing and twittering, and asked each other what they had better do. It was very puzzing for them—because no such thing had ever happened before, as a Human Child in the Gardens on a winter night.

1929 November, May Byron, chapter II, in J. M. Barrie’s Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens: Retold for Little People […], London: Hodder and Stoughton, published 1958, →OCLC, part II (The Little House in Kensington Gardens), page 70:

(dated) Expressing disapprobation or surprise at acts or words that are pompous or snobbish, or flighty.

onpa koppavaa

expressing disapprobation or surprise at acts or words that are pompous or snobbish, or flighty


до свидания

head

до свида́ния

до свида́ния • (do svidánija)

до свида́ния (canonical)
do svidánija (romanization)

→ English: do svidaniya

Ru-до свидания.ogg


see ya

(colloquial) Alternative form of see you, see you soon, see you later or see you again soon.


うむ

有無 生む 産む 倦む 膿む


fark

Pronunciation spelling
pronunciation spelling

(Australia, New Zealand, vulgar) Pronunciation spelling of fuck, used to express surprise, etc.


נו

From a word widespread in central European languages, generally used as a filled pause and/or interrogative marker. Compare German na, nu, Polish no, Russian ну (nu), etc. Plausibly originally Slavic.

nu? Interrogative particle, as in "So, nu?". Often expresses surprise or doubt.


mary

From Mary (“female name”). Compare nan and nancy.

You that be of the court, & eſpecially ye ſworn chaplains beware of a leſſon that a great man taught me at my firſt coming to the court he told me for a good will, he thoughte it wel. He ſayd vnto me. You muſt beware how ſo euer ye do that ye cõtrary not the king, let him haue his ſaiyngs, folow him, go with him. Mary out vpon this counſel, ſhal I ſay, as he ſayes?

1549 April 29 (Gregorian calendar), Hughe Latymer [i.e., Hugh Latimer], Augustine Bernher, compiler, “[27 Sermons Preached by the Ryght Reuerende Father in God and Constant Matir of Iesus Christe, Maister Hugh Latimer, […].] The Seuenth Sermon of Maister Hugh Latymer, which He Preached before King Edward [VI], the .19. Day of Aprill.”, in Certayn Godly Sermons, Made uppon the Lords Prayer, […], London: […] John Day, […], published 1562, →OCLC, folio 93, recto:

And I pray thee (ſayde Pas,) gentle Nico, tell mee what miſchaunce yt was that broughte thee to taſte ſo fyne a Meate? Mary goodman Blockhead (ſayde Nico) bycauſe hee ſpeakes ageanſt Jeloſy, the filthy Treytor to true affection, and yet diſguyſing yt ſelf in the rayment of Love.

Albert Feuillerat, editor (1926), “The Third Book”, in The Countess of Pembroke’s Arcadia: Being the Original Version […] (Cambridge English Classics; The Complete Works of Sir Philip Sidney; IV), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, →OCLC, page 232

Falst[aff] Fie, this is hot weather (gentlemen) haue you prouided me heere halfe a dozen ſufficient men? / Shal[low] Mary haue we ſir, will you ſit? / Falst. Let me ſee them I beſeech you. / Shall. Wheres the rowle? wheres the rowle? wheres the rowle? let me ſee, let me ſee, ſo, ſo, ſo, ſo, ſo (ſo, ſo) yea mary ſir, Rafe Mouldy, let them appeere as I call, let them do ſo, let thẽ do ſo, let me ſee, where is Mouldy?

c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Second Part of Henrie the Fourth, […], quarto edition, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for Andrew Wise, and William Aspley, published 1600, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], signature [E6], verso:

Alternative form of marry (“indeed, in truth”)


rumble

From Middle English rumblen, romblen, rummelyn, frequentative form of romen (“to roar”), equivalent to rome + -le. Cognate with Dutch rommelen (“to rumble”), Low German rummeln (“to rumble”), German rumpeln (“to be noisy”), Danish rumle (“to rumble”), all of imitative origin.

An onomatopoeia describing a rumbling noise


ata

(Brazil, Internet slang, nonstandard) Alternative form of ah, tá


ata

(phrase) look here!, let me see!, well then!


daarom

From Middle Dutch daeromme. Equivalent to a univerbation of daar + om.

Daarom juist!

"Waarom moet dat?" "Daarom!"

because, non-answer to a question of reason or purpose.


soo

From Swedish så (usually repeated like in Finnish, så-så).

Soo soo, ei vielä.

(often repeated) tsk, tut-tut (expression of disapproval or holding back)


helvetti

→ Ingrian: helvetti


helvetti

[ˈhe̞lʲʋe̞tʲː]


niin

The instructive plural form of ne (“they (things and animals)”).

Kotonako se tapahtui? –Niin.
Was it home where it happened? –Yes.

yes, yeah (especially when asked to confirm something)

right (either indicating agreement or having no opinion)


hemel

From Middle Dutch hēmel, from Old Dutch himil, from Proto-West Germanic *himil.

Synonym of mijn hemel (“my goodness!; heavens!”)


welkom

From Dutch welkom, from Proto-Germanic *weljakwumô.


welkom

Afrikaans: welkom

Jersey Dutch: wälkom

Negerhollands: welkom

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wiljakumô. Cognate to English welcome, West Frisian wolkom, German willkommen, Danish velkommen and Norwegian Bokmål velkommen.

Welkom in Brabant


welkom

Welkom in Limburg


succes

From French succès (“success”), from Latin successus, past participle of succedere, from sub and cēdere (“withdraw, yield”).


vaarwel

From varen (“to fare, to go, to travel”) + wel (“well”).

Vaarwel, wrede wereld!

(poetic) goodbye, farewell (connotation is somewhat sad, almost poetic)


ecce

DEAR SIR, — Ecce my notes on the sermon.

1819 November 24, “Baron Merian to Samuel Butler”, in Complete Works of Samuel Butler, Delphi Classics, published 2015:

Ecce the rise of literature in the modern vernaculars, even the mother tongue

2013, T. Bonfiglio, Why is English Literature?:, →ISBN, page 58:

an interjection used to draw attention to something or someone; behold!


ecce

Neapolitan: ce

Old French: es, ez, eis, as, ais

Old Galician-Portuguese: aque

Galician: aque (archaic)

Quem quaero, optime ecce obviam mihi est.

Behold! There comes he I was wishing for.

Ecce hominem miserum.

Ecce autem video rure redeuntem senem.

But look, I see the old man returning to the country.

see!, look!, behold!, points out something with emphasis

Quid cessamus ludos facere? Circus noster ecce adest!

Why should we stop playing games? We have our theatre here!

Quid me quaeris? Ecce me.

Ecce.

Ecce odium meum. Quid me vis?

See here my aversion. What is it you want with me?

Ecce tuae litterae de Varrone.

Lo and behold, your letters about Varro!

, Stasimus in the play Trinummus by Titus Maccius Plautus
Ecce hominem te, Stasime, nihili.

See now, Stasimus, what a worthless fellow you are.

(mostly elliptical) here!, or here am/are/is!; used to denote that something is present (compare French voici or Italian ecco)


tara

Possibly from Irish tabhair aire (“take care”).

2004: Metro in This is London (website of London Evening Standard), Jolie says ta-ra to Lara - Pssst...Actress Angelina Jolie's days as Tomb Raider action hero Lara Croft are over.

(UK, Ireland, Northern England, Midlands or informal) Goodbye; equivalent to the more geographically widespread ta ta.


tara

Tara, alisan na.


opa

Onomatopoeic, or either related to English up.

O que se casa con vellas / non sei qué gracia lles topa / cando se sentan: «Ai» / cando se erguen: «Opa»
The one that marries an old woman, I don't know what charm he finds, when she sits down is «Ouch!», when she gets up is «Up!»

19th c, traditional, D. Blanco (ed.), A poesía popular en Galicia 1745-1885. Recopilación, estudio e edición crítica (vol. II), page 153


opa

(Argentina, Uruguay) expression indicating surprise


honderd

From Middle Dutch hondert, from Old Dutch *hundert, from Proto-Germanic *hundaradą.

(Suriname, slang) great, perfect, all right


おっと

Derived as a general exclamation of surprise. Compare English whoops, oops.

2002 September 17, Motohiro Katou, “災(さい)厄(やく)の男(おとこ) [Bummer Guy]”, in [Ｑ.](キュー)[Ｅ.](イー)[Ｄ.](ディー) [証](しょう)[明](めい)[終](しゅう)[了](りょう) [Q.E.D. Quod Erat Demonstrandum], volume 13 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 96:

Whoops, sorry. Japanese people aren’t really used to greetings like this. It’s called a “hug” and it’s very common in my country.

おっと失礼 日本人はあまりこういうあいさつをしないんですよね 私の国では「ハグ」といって日常的にやるものなんですけど

Otto shitsurei Nipponjin wa amari kō iu aisatsu o shinai n desu yo ne Watashi no kuni de wa “hagu” to itte nichijōteki ni yaru mono na n desu kedo


bem-vindo

bem-vindo m (masculine plural bem-vindos, feminine singular bem-vinda, feminine plural bem-vindas)

bem-vindos (masculine plural)
bem-vinda (feminine singular)
bem-vindas (feminine plural)

[ˌbẽɪ̯̃ˈvĩ.du]

[ˌbẽɪ̯̃ˈvĩ.du]

[ˌbẽɪ̯̃ˈvĩ.do]

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *bene venītus, presumably a calque of a Frankish term, derived from Proto-Germanic *wiljakwemô (“a welcome guest or arrival”), from which many modern Germanic forms descend, such as English welcome. By surface analysis, bem (“well”) + vindo (“come”).


chucks

(UK, slang, obsolete) A warning cry used by schoolboys when a teacher is approaching.


wowser

From wow, with the "-ser" added to provide emphasis.

In Gadget's eyes she looked positively beautiful in her gorgeous satiny-red cocktail dress. "Wowser!" he exclaimed, much to the confusion of the guests, who conferred with each other.

WOWSER - Absolutely beautiful rendering - a mastrpiece work

2010, David J. Vanderpool, Pencil Drawings: A look into drawing Portraits:

Wowser. I was glad I was only a kid and didn't need to worry about that kind of stuff.

2013, Gregory E. Burchett, Missing The Links, page 241:


halvattu

[ˈhɑ̝lʋɑ̝t̪ːu]

/ˈhɑlʋɑtːuˣ/

[ˈhɑ̝lʋɑ̝t̪ːu(ʔ)]

halvata + -ttu (past passive participle)


smell ya later

Todd jumped out of the car as soon as it stopped. "Smell ya later!" he hollered over his shoulder.

1996, Sherry Shahan, Telephone Tag (A Yearling Book), New York, N.Y.: Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers, →ISBN, page 16:

"Smell ya later," Scary Mary said to all of us, waddling toward the elevators.

2006, Michael Patrick MacDonald, Easter Rising: An Irish American Coming Up from Under, Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 72:

Hope that pleases ya. Well, smell ya later, kid and what can I say? It was nice workin' with ya.

2006, Darren Smith, “Da Bitch Gotta Go”, in Shadow’s Bliss: A Novel, Lincoln, Neb.: iUniverse, →ISBN, page 115:

"Oh, yeah," Faith said. "He agreed. Da bomb." / "Smell ya later," Jason said, raising his hand as he left.

2007, Lynda Sandoval, The Other Sister (Silhouette Special Edition; 1851), New York, N.Y.: Silhouette, Harlequin Enterprises, →ISBN, page 146:


far out

Far out! The game has a hidden cow level.

What do you reckon? Far outsville or far insville?

1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 1, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, →OCLC, section I, page 18:

(informal) Cool; great; an expression of support, enthusiasm, or celebration.


gaw

"Gaw!" he whispered, "I don' like dead bodies some'ow! I'd almost rather that chap was alive."

1908, H. G. Wells, “IX: On Goat Island”, in The War in the Air:

An expletive, expressing disbelief, horror, or disdain


Jesus H. Christ

Unknown. Extension of Jesus Christ with a fantastical middle initial, perhaps derived from a reading of ΙΗΣ (IĒS) (sometimes ΙΗϹ, using a lunate sigma), a Greek-alphabet abbreviation for Jesus (ΙΗΣΟΥΣ) as three initials in Latin letters. See "Christogram" at Wikipedia.
The earliest use of the phrase is unknown, although according to Mark Twain (1835-1910) it was already common in the region of Hannibal, Missouri when he was a boy.

Jake: Yes! Yes! Jesus H. tap-dancing Christ, I have seen the light!

1980 June, Dan Aykroyd, John Landis, The Blues Brothers, Universal Pictures:

Stanton Boyd: Jesus H. Christ on a popsicle stick. First of all... Alan Stanwyk does not own one single share of stock.

1985, Andrew Bergman, Fletch, Universal Pictures:

“I’m gonna get outta their way,” he mutters, then snorts without mirth. “All I had were jacks.” We believe him, of course. What are jacks, after all, once Beelzebub and Jesus H. Christ get involved?

2004, James McManus, Positively Fifth Street:

“Jesus H. Christ on the cross,” he said. He caught my reflected gaze and held it. “How long have you known about this?”

2004, Marsha Moyer, The Last of the Honky-tonk Angels:

(potentially offensive) Jesus Christ (expression of surprise, shock, etc.)


mavrone

Anglo-Irish, from Irish mo bhrón, from mo (“my”) + brón (“grief”).

‘Mavrone, mavrone! the man has died / While I slept in the chair’

1893, WB Yeats, The Ballad of Father Gilligan:

And we to be there, mavrone, and you to be unbeknownst sending us your conglomerations the way we to have our tongues out a yard long like the drouthy clerics do be fainting for a pussfull.

1922 February, James Joyce, Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:

(Ireland) An expression of sorrow; alas.


सलाम

Borrowed from Classical Persian سلام (salām), from Arabic سَلَام (salām). Compare Punjabi ਸਲਾਮ (salām) / سَلام (salām), Sindhi سَلامُ / सलामु, Gujarati સલામ (salām), Marathi सलाम (salām), Bengali সালাম (salam), Telugu సలాము (salāmu).

cog

Sindhi سَلامُ

(chiefly among Muslims) hello, greetings!


sranje

срање (Cyrillic)
sranje (nominative singular)
sranja (nominative plural)
sranja (genitive singular)
sranja (genitive plural)
sranju (dative singular)
sranjima (dative plural)
sranje (accusative singular)
sranja (accusative plural)
sranje (singular vocative)
sranja (plural vocative)
sranju (locative singular)
sranjima (locative plural)
sranjem (instrumental singular)
sranjima (instrumental plural)

Sranje! Mislim da sam sinoć zaboravio spakirati svoju torbu za spavanje.

Shit! I think that I forgot to pack my sleeping bag last night!

(vulgar) Expression of worry, annoyance, shock or surprise etc.


hurrah

Unknown. Possibly adopted from German hurra, itself of uncertain origin, or possibly an alteration of huzzah.

Expressing approval, appreciation, or happiness.

ուռա

expressing approval, appreciation, or happiness


atishoo

Both onomatopoeic and a pronunciation spelling of a tissue.

[A]nd the next instant the most peculiar sounds came forth from the statue of Biggoon. "Ah-tishoo!" said the spirit voice, "Oh! Oh! ah-tish-oo!"

1943, H. Lorna Bingham, The Lost Tribe, Sydney: Winn and Co., page 24, column 1:


moto

Irregular romanisation of 冇圖／冇图 (mou5 tou4, “no image”).

(Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang) used in situations where no image is provided in a post or thread


doi

Shortened form odoi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aduq, from Proto-Austronesian *aduq.


Gospode Bože

sh-interjection

Gospode Bože (Cyrillic spelling Господе Боже)

Господе Боже (Cyrillic)


Господе Боже

Господе Боже

Господе Боже (Latin spelling Gospode Bože)


get away

You bought that for twenty pounds? Get away!


tch

Hellen Gravely: 'Tch! How could my staff be so incompetent?! There's no way Luigi should have gotten this far!'

2019 October 31, Next Level Games, Luigi's Mansion 3, v1.4.0, Nintendo, level/area: Lounge (15F: Master Suite):

a representation of the dental click used to show disapproval or disgust; tut, tsk


いけない

Negative form of 行ける (ikeru), the potential form of 行く (iku).

いけない、遅刻する！


вот

Inherited from Old East Slavic ото (oto) or вото (voto), compare with Polish oto and ot, Ukrainian от (ot) and ото (oto).

inh+

(casual) take it! (when offering something)


ええ

ええ、その通り。


a+

(text messaging, Internet slang, abbreviation) Alternative form of à plus. cul8r; ttyl


tchick

(UK)

(UK)

The driver mounted his box, put his long whip into a hole in the box, and, buttoning his coat, called, " Tchick, tchick, tchick." Away the horses set off, and went so willingly and briskly, till he saw a passenger waiting to get into the coach.

1855, Eliza Lee Cabot Follen, Harriet L. Brown, Anne Wales Abbot, Child's Friend and Family Magazine, page 140:

"Weel! weel!" ejaculated the carter, "that comes o' your education ; G — d be thank'd, I never could write ; get on Bess, tchick, tchick," and giving the horse a lusty thwack, he made off as fast as possible.

1861, John Heiton, The castes of Edinburgh, page 337:

Do come back! Come along, old fellow! — tchick, tchick, tchick, tchicky."

1877, Ascott Robert Hope Moncrieff, Stories of Whitminster, page 41:

I called him — "tchick-tchick-tchick" — and started making noises toward him, holding up the acorn.

1984, Da Free John, Adi Da Samraj, Georg Feuerstein, The transmission of doubt:

A click sound such as a palatal, lateral, or dental click.

used to urge on a horse or other animal.

Tchick! Tchick! Now I call that an awful pity Katie.

1884, Margaret Oliphant, The Wizard's Son, page 241:

Mr. Blantox. And she asked permission of the court for your boy to make a will and disinherit you? Mrs. Berg. Tchick-tchick-tchick.

1926, United States Congress House Committee on the Judiciary, Charges of Impeachment Against Frederick A. Fenning:

A LOOK IN THE MIRROR, CHESTER SEES CHARLES CROMWELL PEERING OVER HIS SHOULDER, LEERING AT HIM WITH A SMUG SMILE FROM EAR-TO-EAR: “TCHICK, TCHICK, TCHICK, TCHICK, TCHICK, TCHICK, TCHICK,”

2013, David Edward Collier, The World of Horrotica: Dormant, page 451:

used to express disapproval or disappointment

The clumsy Herr was trying in vain to strike a light with a flint. Tchick! Tchick! but no spark appeared.

1869, Helen Fitch Parker, Constance Aylmer., page 89:

Their shrill tchick, tchick, tchick, had done the damage, warning of our approach.

1964, Frank Cummings Hibben, Hunting in Africa, page 65:

They also fly with head sunk in 'shoulders', tail slightly raised and wings quivering, calling 'tchick tchick'.

1974, Winwood Reade, Eric Hosking, Nesting Birds, Eggs and Fledglings, page 217:

The doctor cut here, then he cut here, and pulled the skin back like this—piitchhuu—then folded it— tchick—like this, and tucked it under—tchick—like that, and pulled this piece over—tchick—like this, and sewed it across here—tchick, tchick, tchick.

1997, Seung Sahn, The Compass of Zen, page 52:

From the day that I've been lying here and can no longer move around in a wheelchair, I've been hearing the door of the sideboard open. Tchick, open, tchick, closed.

2008, Marlene Van Niekerk, The Way of the Women, page 282:

Used to represent similar animal or other natural sounds


dibs

Since the early 19th century, of disputed origin. Most commonly thought to be from dibstones (“counters used in a game with the same name”). Also from dib (“to tap”) or related to northern English dip (“small depression in the ground”), or a shortened version of divide.

varaan

said to reserve to the right to something before anyone else


God Almighty

A calque of Hebrew אֵל שַׁדַּי (ʼĒl Shaddạy, “God Almighty”). See also god and almighty.

der

An exclamation of surprise or astonishment.

Suur Jumal

Exclamation of surprise or astonishment.

(drawn, with little emphasis, last syllable held at same tone as penultimate) An expression of resignation or spite.

drawn; last syllable held at same tone as penultimate; drawn; last syllable held at same tone as penultimate


fogo

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese fogo, from Latin focus. Cognate with Galician fogo, Spanish fuego, Catalan foc, Occitan fuòc, French feu, Italian fuoco and Romanian foc. Doublet of foco.

inh+

(military) fire! (an order for soldiers to shoot)

(colloquial) Euphemistic form of foda-se.


too much

Too much, man! That was great!


проклетство

прок‧лет‧ство


pobre

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pobre, from Latin pauper, pauperem.


cojonudo

From cojón + -udo. Compare Catalan collonut.

¡Cojonudo! ¡La cosa no puede estar mejor!

1986, Gonzalo Silva Sanginés, La Muela del Diablo, page 64:


não

From Old Galician-Portuguese non, from Latin nōn (“no”), from Old Latin noenum, from Proto-Indo-European *ne (“not”) + *óynos (“one”).

no (used to show disagreement or negation)

no (used to show agreement with a negative question)


thanks a bunch

I really wanted a bucket of water dropped on my head. Thanks a bunch.

(idiomatic) A mildly sarcastic thank you.

Thanks a bunch for that great Christmas card you got me!

(US, idiomatic) An unsarcastic thank you.


inshallah

From Arabic إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللَٰه (ʔin šāʔa llāh, literally “if God has willed [it]”).

bor

إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللَٰه

We will sign the contract tomorrow, inshallah.

(chiefly Islam) Expressing the speaker’s wish for a given future event to occur, and also generally their emphasis on its contingency upon the divine will.

Donald Trump: And you'll get it to see it [i.e. his taxes].

29 September 2020, Joe Biden, US presidential debate

divine intervention
divine intervention#English

(colloquial, sarcastic) Expressing a skeptical affirmative, to indicate the unlikeliness of events, as if they need a divine intervention to come about.


inshallah

Borrowed from Arabic إن شاء الله (ʔin šāʔ allāh).

Arabic إن شاء الله (ʔin šāʔ allāh)

Vi har set videoerne og læst på lektien. Det går, inshallah.

2015, Tarek Omar, Johan Forsby, Sønner af mænd, Politikens Forlag, →ISBN:

We have seen the videos and done our homework. It will be fine, God willing.

... at jeg må væk, inshallah.

2016, Joakim Zander, Broderen, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:

... that I have to get away, God willing.

„Snart, inshallah,“ sagde Nabi ...

2013, Khaled Hosseini, translated by Marianne Linneberg Rasmussen, Og bjergene gav genlyd, Rosinante & Co, →ISBN:


inshallah

Borrowed from Arabic إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللَٰه (ʔin šāʔa llāh, literally “if God has willed [it]”).

bor+

إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللَٰه


inshallah

إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللَٰه


crimes

'Oh crimes,' muttered Kate, clutching her mother's arm as Captain went up St Martin's Lane and turned into Castle Street, 'He's goin' into Seven Dials.'

2006, Bowering Sivers, Jammy Dodgers Go Underground, page 138:

(obsolete, colloquial, euphemistic) Christ; crikey.


nääs

Dialectal form of näe (second-person singular imperative of nähdä (“to see”)) + -s (clitic).

Se on nääs sillä lailla.

(Tampere, Southern Pirkanmaa) General intensifier akin to English see. (singular imperative)


aight

Contraction of all right. Compare a' ("all").

Aight, let's get started.

(chiefly African-American Vernacular, MLE, slang) Contraction of all right.


uh-uh

[ˈ(ʔ)ʌ̃˧.ʔʌ̃˩]

Likely imitative of non-verbal sounds used to indicate disagreement or discomfort. Compare nope, wherein the -p may represent closure often uttered at the end of the word no. Compare also um used to indicate hesitation. Attested from 1888.

"Have you eaten yet?" "Uh-uh." "No way."


get out of here

Get out of here and don't come back!

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, out of, here.

Did she really say that? Get out of here!

(idiomatic, informal) An exclamation of disbelief.


不客氣

/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ kʰɤ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi¹/

/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ kʰɤ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi¹/


どれ

/idure/ → /idore/ → /dore/
Shift from いずれ (izure).
Compare development of 何処 (izuko → doko, “where”).

a filled pause in speech:
let me see, ...; let's see, ...


spas

From Proto-Iranian *spácati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *spáćati, from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ-.


ó

Ó, értem már!


ó

Ó ókei, gangi þér vel.

Ó, góðu menn! Heyr mín orð.

Ó, guð vors lands.

O, oh, the Icelandic vocative particle, used before a pronoun or the name of a person or persons to mark direct address


ó

Basically onomatopoeic, but compare English O, Latin ō, Ancient Greek ὦ (ô), etc.


ó

Ó Senhor, dai-me forças!


ó

Ó lá o bugio!


chapeau

Borrowed from Middle French chappeau. The interjection is after Modern French chapeau in similar use, originally short for chapeau bas.

Chapeau to you for the presence of mind.

2012, Kfir Luzzatto, The Evelyn Project, PINE TEN, LLC, →ISBN:

I fully understand the mother's concerns; and I say chapeau to her twice. The first for allowing her daughter the opportunity to study abroad, and secondly for accompanying her during the first months of study to ease her homelessness.

2017, Jamal AlShehhi, Uncle Sam & Myself: Living in the land of Uncle Sam, Kuttab Publishing, →ISBN, page 38:

Hopefully you see it as a good promotion for your blog and chapeau to you for being awesome!

2019, Carly Findlay, Say Hello, HarperCollins Australia, →ISBN:

well done, a verbal representation of a hat tip


chapeau

→ Dutch: chapeau

→ English: chapeau

→ German: Chapeau

→ Spanish: chapó, chapeau

→ Portuguese: chapéu

Inherited from Middle French chappeau m, from Old French chapel m, from Early Medieval Latin cappellus m, diminutive from Late Latin cappa f. The interjection was originally short for chapeau bas.

Chapeau, monsieur.


chapeau

Unadapted borrowing from French chapeau.


attaboy

Variant pronunciation of "That's the boy!", a cry of encouragement, especially to children and pet dogs.

Attaboy! That's the way to hit a home run!

(idiomatic, colloquial) Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy, man, or male animal.

好樣的

Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or a man


damn straight

(idiomatic, mildly vulgar) Without doubt, certainly, for sure.


tonk

In one of those stampings into the yard he suddenly rushed at the tank and tapped it. Tonk, tonk, tonk, tab. One rung left. Only one rung; about a week's supply of water.

1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 153:

Representing a sound produced by knocking on something hollow.


ја

Used to object to being made a fool of or to attempted deception or trickery; to reject something disagreeable which someone wishes to impose on the speaker.


for Pete's sake

Euphemistic variant of for Christ's sake, for God's sake; "Pete" either invoking Saint Peter or influenced by for pity's sake.

For Pete's sake, get off the computer! You've been on there for ages!

(idiomatic, euphemistic) Used to express frustration, exasperation, annoyance


horsefeathers

The "nonsense" sense, a euphemism for horseshit, is horse + feathers, a nonexistent item as only birds have feathers. Compare hen’s teeth.
The "horse hair" sense notes the similarity of that hair to bird feathers.
Regarding the roofing sense, compare feathering strip and horsefeathers.

Horsefeathers! You knew it was a bad idea and now you're just making excuses about it.


PBUH

peace be upon him
peace be upon him#English

peace be upon her
peace be upon her#English

(Islam, sometimes proscribed) Initialism of peace be upon him or peace be upon her; an honorific phrase used by some Muslims after any mention in speech or print of the Islamic prophet Muhammad or any other prophets or chosen figures believed by the majority of Muslims to be sent by God (Allah).


congratulations

/kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/

Congratulations on managing to use the phrase “preponderant criterion” in a chart (“On your marks”, November 9th). Was this the work of a kakorrhaphiophobic journalist set a challenge by his colleagues, or simply an example of glossolalia?

2013 November 30, Paul Davis, “Letters: Say it as simply as possible”, in The Economist, volume 409, number 8864:

Expressing praise and approval, expressing approbation.


zdravo

From zdrav ("healthy, sane, sound"). The greeting stems from the expression used to wish the interlocutor good health. Compare the semantics of French salut, Italian salve (etymologically), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍃 (hails), and Russian здравствуйте (zdravstvujte) as greetings.
Cognate e.g. with Bulgarian здраво (zdravo), здрав (zdrav), Macedonian здраво (zdravo), Old Church Slavonic ⱄⱏⰴⱃⰰⰲⱏ (sŭdravŭ), Polish zdrowy, Old Novgorodian съторове (sŭtorove), Russian здоро́вый (zdoróvyj), здра́вый (zdrávyj), здоро́во (zdoróvo).

cog

здравствуйте


compte

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin computus. Compare French compte.


nuch

Dude! Sup? - Nuch.

(surfing, slang, dated) A response to the greeting/question What's up?


FTW

(slang, vulgar) Initialism of fuck the world: an antisocial slogan.

"Most people," John said, "think it means 'Fuck the world.' But to a real biker, it means 'Forever two wheels'."

(slang) Initialism of forever two wheels: a biker slogan.


thunk

Representing the dull sound of the impact of a heavy object striking another and coming to an immediate standstill, with neither object being broken by the impact.


umm

- How does a plane fly?

- Umm, I don't know.


yoo-hoo

Choir! Choir! Yoo-hoo! Choir, gather around, I have great news.


yipe

Used to express surprise, fear, or dismay.


yippee

Of imitative origin. Perhaps an extension and modification of hip (interjection).

onom

imitative origin

You'll understand, though, if I don't jump up and down and yell "Yippee!"


aww

Aww, that's so sad: he hasn't yet learned to ride a bike.

Aww, look at the kitten curled up in her lap!


crud

From Middle English crud, crudde (“coagulated milk; curd; any coagulated or thickened substance; dregs”), from Old English crūdan (“to press”). Doublet of curd.

Non-vulgar interjection expressing annoyance, anxiety, etc.; sugar, damn.


저

um..., uh... (conveys hesitation or a pause in speech)


ups

Borrowed from English oops, reinforced by English borrowings in various languages; compare Danish ups, Dutch oeps, Finnish ups, French oups, German ups, Polish ups, Russian упс (ups) etc.


okey dokey

(colloquial) Alternative form of okey-dokey


mirabile dictu

/mɪˌɹɑːbɪleɪ ˈdɪktuː/

Borrowed from Latin mīrābile dictū (literally “able to astonish by the saying [of it]”).

bor

And then, mirabile dictu, between the piers, leaping from wave to wave as it rushed at headlong speed, swept the strange schooner before the blast, with all sail set, and gained the safety of the harbour.

1897, Bram Stoker, chapter 7, in Dracula:

Nantucket is a pretty upmarket place. Mirabile dictu, this is one place in the US where not a McDonald's or Burger King is to be seen.

1994 July 6, Rupert Cornwell, “Out of America: Piping plover gives an island resort the bird”, in The Independent, retrieved 2014-02-23:

The Democratic-dominated Council recently tightened the rules governing campaign contributions by lobbyists but managed, mirabile dictu, to exempt Democratic-dominated unions from the new restrictions.

2007 September 4, Clyde Haberman, “A Labor Day Labor Forgot to Celebrate”, in The New York Times, retrieved 2014-02-23:

Wonderfully, amazingly; remarkable to relate.


yow

Yow! I dropped it on my toe!

You've been divorced four times? Yow!

Expression of humorous surprise or emphasis.


yoo hoo

Yoo hoo! Over here!


ooh

Ooh, that looks delicious!

An expression of interest or anticipation.

Ooh, I love that book!

An expression of excitement or enthusiastic interest.


baruch Hashem

/bəˈɹʊx həˈʃɛm/

/bəˈɹuːx həˈʃɛm/

From Hebrew בָּרוּךְ הַשֵׁם (barúkh hashém, literally “blessed be the name [of the Lord]”), likely via Yiddish ברוך השם (borukh hashem).

unadapted borrowing

בָּרוּךְ הַשֵׁם


hiya

Shortened from how are you?, with influence from hi. US, 1940s.

Hiya, love, how's you?


hiya

(martial arts) A kiai, shouted as a limb is swung in attack.


hiya

Compare Cebuano hiya and English hiya/hi-yah.

used to get a horse or work animal to go faster: giddyup!


psst

onom

Imitative

Psst, John, don’t tell anyone, but I’ve got lots of candy stashed away.

(onomatopoeia) Implies that the speaker is sending secret or whispered information to another person.


psst

Imitative


yuk

Yuk! Egg on my face! With my usual wait 'til it's history GCN reading habits, I opened my April Fools issue and began to read the election year news; it did not occur to this avid reader that anything was being spoofed until the second paragraph.

1988 May 7, Nancy M. Gill, “I Don't Always Agree, But I Appreciate GCN”, in Gay Community News, page 4:


whoo

An expression of delight and excitement.

"You are mistaken; I am a ghost; whoo!" said I, choking back my rage.

1949, Robertson Davies, The table talk of Samuel Marchbanks:

Then he held up his hands and let out a weak ghost-howl. "Whoo?" he moaned, in a tiny voice.


honk

Imitation of car horn, used, for example, to clear a path for oneself.


osa

om svar anhålles
om svar anhålles#Swedish

Abbreviation of om svar anhålles (“RSVP”).


rah

Not so very long ago, a row of docile cheerleaders would say, “rah, rah, rah, sis-boombah”—maybe a leg would kick up into the air, perhaps a jump under the cheerleader's own power.

2011, Kern Alexander, M. David Alexander, American Public School Law, page 668:

An exclamation of support or encouragement.

I FUCKING LOVE PEOPLE!!!! I FUCKING WANT TO USE THE LIMITED TIME I HAVE TO RESPECT OTHERS AND WHAT THEY ENJOY RAHHHHH

2023 June 24, u/crappylilAccident, “Clamworks truth”, in Reddit, r/Clamworks, archived from the original on 2024-01-24:

RAHHHH IRELAND MENTIONED 🗣🗣🗣🇮🇪🗣🗣🗣🇮🇪🗣🗣🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🔥🟢⚪🟢⚪🟢⚪🟢⚪💪💪

2023 October 28, u/Safe-Scarcity2835, “Choose Your Side:”, in Reddit, r/balkans_irl, archived from the original on 2024-01-24:

MORDEKAISER MENTIONED RAAHHHH ❗❗❗❗❗❗🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷 WTF IS MOBILITY

2024 January 6, u/our_cut, “What old school league terms or 'memes' have disappeared from the game in recent years?”, in Reddit, r/leagueoflegends, archived from the original on 2024-01-24:

PHILIPPINES MENTIONED RAHHHH 🇵🇭 🦅

2024 January 7, @pop_priestess, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-01-24:

(Internet slang) An exclamation of patriotic or passionate excitement.


rah

He’s like, “Shut up, man. Whatever man. Skip, man, was a shot.” And I’m like, “Rah, this is a bit of a weird reaction?”

2019 June 6, Skepta, quoted in “Skepta opens up about becoming a father and enduring two heartbreaking miscarriages” by Narjas Zatat, Metro

Target bought the tape round, I listened to it and I was like, ‘Rah, this is sick, this kid is so sick’.

2016, Wiley, quoted in This Is Grime by Hattie Collins and Olivia Rose, Hachette UK, page 145

I was daydreaming, smoking weed out the curtain / Looking at my baby like rah, I'm just a burden

2016, Big Narstie (lyrics), “Fire In The Booth (Part 3)”, performed by Big Narstie on BBC Radio 1Xtra

(MLE) An expression of frustration or anger.


chi-ike

(costermongers' slang) Used as a salute or word of praise.


感謝

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (感謝):
* → Japanese: 感謝(かんしゃ) (kansha)
* → Korean: 감사(感謝) (gamsa)
* → Vietnamese: cảm tạ (感謝)

→ English: cumshaw, comshaw, gum xia

→ Chinese Pidgin English: cumshaw

→ Malay: kamsia

/kän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/

/kan⁵³ ɕiɛ²¹³/

/kɐm³⁵ t͡sɛː²²/

/kam²⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰia³³/

/kæ̃⁵³ ɕie⁴⁵/

/kaŋ³³⁻⁵⁵ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾niɑ²⁴²/

/kam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sia⁴¹/

/kø³³ ʑia⁴⁴/

/kan⁴¹ ɕi̯e̞⁴⁵/

/kän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/

/kan⁵³ ɕiɛ²¹³/

/kɐm³⁵ t͡sɛː²²/

/kam²⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰia³³/

/kæ̃⁵³ ɕie⁴⁵/

/kaŋ³³⁻⁵⁵ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾niɑ²⁴²/

/kam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sia⁴¹/

/kø³³ ʑia⁴⁴/

/kan⁴¹ ɕi̯e̞⁴⁵/

† - when someone does you a favour; § - when someone gives you a gift


deja

Likely cognate with Latvian deja (“dance”), perhaps through a semantic shift similar to that involving the English word tragedy deriving from an ancient Greek type of song.


okey

(rare, sometimes Internet slang, sometimes childish) Alternative form of OK


okey

Pattani Malay: اوْكيْ

okay (Used to indicate agreement or acceptance)


okey

okey (canonical)
okéy (canonical)
ᜂᜃᜒᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)


bulletin

(colloquial, often sarcastic) Introduces a fact (presumed to be obvious) of which the person addressed is ostensibly not aware.


thankyou

(nonstandard) Alternative spelling of thank you


goddamn

→ Japanese: ガッデム, ゴッデム

→ Kankanaey: gaddimet

From God + damn; originally, and sometimes still, a present subjunctive expression of a wish that God smite someone for their wickedness; compare also antonymous God bless, God bless you, and God love (someone or something).

Person A: You're not going to believe this: he just did it again, despite your warning.
Person B: Goddamn!

Person A: You're not going to believe this: he just did it again, despite your warning.
Person B: God damn him!

(vulgar, colloquial) An expression of anger, surprise, intense excitement or frustration.

اللَعْنَة

an expression of anger, surprise, or frustration

me cago en Déu, en la creu i en el fuster que la féu!

God love

someone or something; antonymous force; likewise interjectory although not quite a full-fledged interjection by all tests formally defining parts of speech


gora

From an earlier form goira (still in use in Biscayan), from goi (“up, high”) + -ra (allative suffix).


excelsior

From Latin excelsior, comparative of excelsus (“high”). The name of the stuffing material was originally a trademark.

w:Excelsior (Longfellow)#Adaptations and parodies

A greeting, farewell or acclamation, presently associated with comic book fandom and famous comic book writer Stan Lee, but continuing a long tradition of parodies of the New York State motto, first by Longfellow and continuing through Thurber to Lee.


adiós

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


adiós

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


adiós

Borrowed from Spanish adiós. Compare the native Catalan adeu.


adiós

From Spanish adiós and Portuguese adeus. Compare Papiamentu ayó.

Adiós minha vôs!

Get lost! (literally, “Goodbye my you!”)


adiós

Papiamentu: ayó

→ Catalan: adiós

→ Chamicuro: alyos

→ Dutch: adjuus

→ German Low German: tschüß

→ German: tschüss

→ English: adios

→ Garifuna: ayó

→ Hiligaynon: adios

→ Mopan Maya: dʼyoos

→ Macanese: adiós

From a + Dios, literally “to God”, from Medieval Latin ad Deum (“to God”); compare Aragonese, Asturian, and Extremaduran adiós, Catalan adeu, Dutch aju, ajuus, Low German atjüs, English, French, and Occitan adieu, Galician and Portuguese adeus, German tschüss, Greek αντίο (antío), Italian addio, Maltese addiju, Mirandese adius, Romanian adio, Serbo-Croatian ади̏о/adȉo, Slovene adȋjo.


frig

From Middle English friggen (“to quiver”), perhaps from Old English *frygian (“to rub, caress”), related to Old English frēogan, frīgan (“to love, release, embrace, caress”), frīge (pl., “love”). Compare also Faroese fríggj (“erotocism, sex, flirtation”). More at free.
Alternative etymology derives frig (Early Modern English frigge), from Middle English frikien (“to keep (the arms and hands) in constant motion”), from Old English frician (“to dance”).


valla

(colloquial) Alternative form of vallahi


wah

onom

Imitative

A cry of fright, distress, etc. (especially of an infant or young child)

(gaming, Super Mario canon) A cry from Waluigi that constitutes his signature catchphrase; it signals any of a wide range of emotions including surprise, excitement, exhilaration, dismay, self-pity, and rivalry.


wah

Wah, you quite brave hor...

2005 October 30, Wong Kim Hoh, The Sunday Times, quoted in Jack Tsen-Ta Lee, A Dictionary of Singlish and Singapore English:

(Singlish, Manglish) Wow!; whoa! (expressing surprise or amazement)


wah

whew! (as one sits down after a strenuous activity)


ole

Harry Hooper living in No. 10 / He bought a toupee and glued it to his head / "It looks very natural" everybody said / But then his wife said "Toupee, isn't that a French word?" / And Harry said "Ole!" / She said "That's a Spanish word." / And he said "O.K., can't tell the difference these days."

1979, The Boomtown Rats (lyrics and music), “Nothing Happened Today”, in The Fine Art of Surfacing:

An interjection used to stir up excitement.


hélas

→ Dutch: helaas

Inherited from Old French elas, variant of a las, from a (“ah”) + las, from Latin lassus (“weary”).

Tough Abbé Maury, when the obscure country Royalist grasps his hand with transport of thanks, answers, rolling his indomitable brazen head: "Hélas, Monsieur, all that I do here is as good as simply nothing."

1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, (please specify the book or page number):

alas; exclamatory or declarative conjunction expressing affliction, regret, disappointment.


mamma mia

/ˌmʌmə ˈmiːə/

Unadapted borrowing from Italian mamma mia.

ubor

A mild expression of surprise, supposed to be used by Italians.


labern

A play on laban. Compare ganern and yarn.


شكرا

ar-interj

شُكْرًا • (šukran)

شُكْرًا (canonical)
šukran (romanization)

Ar-شُكْرًا.ogg

Adverbial accusative of شُكْر (šukr, “thankfulness”).


شكرا

Learned borrowing from Arabic شُكْرًا (šukran).


شكرا

acw-interj

شُكْرًا • (šukran)


شكرا

ajp-interjection

شكرًا • (šukran)

شكرا كتير


畜生

畜生 (canonical)
畜生 (canonical)
chikushō (romanization)

[t͡ɕi̥kɯ̟ɕo̞ː]

/tikusjau/ → /t͡ɕikusjoː/
From Middle Chinese 畜生 (MC trhjuwH sraeng, literally “livestock + livestock; sacrificial animal”), itself influenced by Sanskrit तिर्यञ्च् (tiryañc, “a beast; the organic world”) or Sanskrit तिर्यग्योनि (tiryagyoni, “animal creation”).

der

1993 November 25 [1989 May 20], Mitsuru Adachi, “第(だい)27(にじゅうなな)話(わ) 直(なお)人(と)の想(おも)い [Chapter 27: Mortals’ Desires]”, in [スロー](SLOW)[ステップ](STEP) [Slow Step], 11th edition, volume 4 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 84:

Damn it, no one’s here… Oh! You little brat! It’s ten years too early for you to come in the women’s bath alright?

ちくしょう だれも入って……お！あのガキァ 女湯に入るのは10年早えよ

Chikushō dare mo haitte……O! Ano gakya Onnayu ni hairu no wa jū-nen haē yo

(vulgar) an expression of strong anger or frustration: damn, dammit, fuck, shit


halat

Halat, sain kita maduman?


خوش آمدید

head

خوش آمدید • (xoš âmadid)

→ Bengali: খোশ আমদেদ (khōś amoded)

→ Hindustani:

Hindi: ख़ुशआमदीद (xuśaāmdīd)

Urdu: خوش آمدید (xuś āmadīd)

[xʊʃ ʔɑː.mä.d̪eːd̪]

[xʊʃ ʔɑː.mä.d̪eːd̪]

.به ایران خوش آمدید
Be Irân xoš âmadid. (literary)

Welcome to Iran.

.به ایران خوش اومدین Be Irân xoš umadin. (colloquial)

خوش اومدی

خوش آمدی (xoš âmadi) (familiar, literary)


خوش آمدید

خوش آمدید • (xuś āmadīd) (Hindi spelling ख़ुशआमदीद)

xuś āmadīd (romanization)
ख़ुशआमदीद (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian خوش آمدید (xuš āmadid).


otro

head

otro m (plural otros, feminine otra, feminine plural otras)

otros (plural)
otra (feminine)
otras (feminine plural)

Inherited from Latin alter, altera, alterum, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élteros. Compare Portuguese outro and French autre.

"Not again!" or "What, again?" (also Otra vez! or Otra vez?)


g'night

Contraction of good night; compare g'day, g'bye.


eheu

Expressive; compare heu (“alas!”), and Sanskrit अहो (aho). Because of the latter comparison a Proto-Indo-European origin was traditionally assumed.

sound-symbolic

Expressive

I can just hear you call your Palace class: / Come learn the Latin Eheu for alas.

[1942, Robert Frost, “The Lesson for Today”, in A Witness Tree (in English):


eia

aha! come now! come on! (expressing delight, playful remonstrance, encouragement)


eho

Eho tu!

Eho puer.

Eho dic mihi, quis illic igitur est?

Captivi ("the captives") by Plautus (English and Latin text)


עבור

he-interj

עבור / עֲבֹר • (avór)

Root
 ע־ב־ר (ʿ-b-r)
Passive participle of עָבַר (avár, “to cross”).


vroom

onomatopoeic

Imitative

vroom vroom vroom

I never saw my uncle’s Ferrari, but I could always hear it going vroom as it flew past by my house.

(often reduplicated) The sound of an engine, especially when it is revving up.


älä

(colloquial) wow, really? (expressing positive surprise)

Elokuva oli ihan hillitön! — Älä!

(colloquial, indicates agreement on the preceding statement) tell me about it! I know, right?

(colloquial, sarcastic) you don't say, (oh) really?


hahaha

haha (an onomatopoeic representation of laughter).


sayonara

→ Greek: σαγιονάρα (sagionára)

→ Spanish: sayonara

/ˌsaɪəˈnɑːɹə/

Borrowed from Japanese さよなら (sayonara), a shorter form of more traditional さようなら (sayōnara, “goodbye”, literally “if that's the way it is”).

Sonic: Sayonara! Shadow the Hedgehog!

2001 June 23, Sonic Team USA, Sonic Adventure 2, Sega, published 2001:

(informal, often humorous, especially used when referring to Japan) Goodbye, adieu.


hehe

From Middle English hehe, from Old English he he.

And then his trousers fell down, hehe.

An approximation to the sound of a mischievous giggle.


oh God

Roy: The work was fiiine. There was nothing wrong with the work. But they caught him... He pissed in the sink.
Jen: Oh. Oh!
Roy: Yeah...
Jen: Which sink?
Roy: All the sinks. Yeah, he basically went on a pee parade around the house.
Jen: Oh, God, I have to fire him.

2008 November 21, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 3, Episode 1

Oh God, midnight’s not bad, you wake and go back to sleep, one or two’s not bad, you toss but sleep again.

1962, Ray Bradbury, Something Wicked This Way Comes:


沒事

/meɪ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

/meɪ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩ɻ⁵¹/

/mə²⁴ sz̩⁴⁴/

/meɪ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

/meɪ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩ɻ⁵¹/

/mə²⁴ sz̩⁴⁴/

(colloquial) no problem; don't worry about it; that's OK; no worries


heu

Expressive. Compare Latin ēheu, English oho.

sound-symbolic

Expressive

‘heu ubi Mārs pater est?’

“Alas! Where is Mars, my father?”
(The ghost of Remus laments his fate; Mars was the divine father of the twin brothers Romulus and Remus.)

heu hercle mulier, multum et audāx et mala·s

oh blimey, woman, you have as much boldness as evil in you!

heu mē miseram, interiī!

oh! alas! ah!, ay! (expressing dismay, grief, pain, indignation)


wa

Probably from Moroccan Arabic ايوه (iwa).

(Haketia) so (used to introduce a new conversation or topic)


wa

From Proto-West Germanic *wai, from Proto-Germanic *wai, from Proto-Indo-European *wai.

woe! alas! (expression of grief or anguish)


wa

shoo; used to drive away pigs and other animals

used to express surprise, dismay, or sometimes a joke


wa

said to make small children and babies laugh (usually said when playing peekaboo)


snakes

LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-snakes.wav

"Snakes!" cried the impetuous Westerner, like one speaking before he could stop himself; "suppose there were something in it, after all!"

1926, G. K. Chesterton, The Incredulity of Father Brown:

Synonym of snakes alive (“expression of surprise”)


capiche

(chiefly US) Alternative spelling of capisce


uff

An onomatopoeia. Similar to English oof and Dutch oef.

phew (expression of disgust, tiredness or relief)

whew (used before, during or after a mentally or physically strenuous activity, or while thinking of it).


uff

an expression of boredom, impatience or annoyance


uff

onom

Natural expression.


chop-chop

From Chinese Pidgin English, from Cantonese 速速 (cuk1 cuk1, “quick”). Recorded in English since the 1830s (see citations for adverb). Recorded as a Chinese term in 1795.

(Singapore) chop-chop kalipok

Used to urge someone to do something quickly.


huff

uff huff, så mye mas!

huff a meg!
Oh dearie me!

Expression of minor revulsion; minor horror.


heil

English: hail

Scots: hail

From Old Norse heill, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“whole; entire; healthy”). Doublet of hole.


heil

From Old Norse heill, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos (“healthy, whole”). Akin to English whole.


さよなら

さよなら (canonical)
サヨナラ (canonical)
sayonara (romanization)

Shortening of さようなら (sayōnara).
First attested in 1770 as a conjunction and interjection, with the farewell noun sense attested from 1924, and the verb sense from roughly 1937.

1988 July 30 [1983 December 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, “愛人製造法 [How to Create a Loved One]”, in ひとりぼっちの宇宙戦争 [The One-Man Cosmic War] (藤子不二雄少年SF短編集; 1), 16th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 190:

さよなら、……ぼくの麻理ちゃん。

さようなら さようなら#Japanese

Alternative form of さようなら (sayōnara, “so long; goodbye; farewell”)


저런

저런, 힘내세요.


mwah

Onomatopoeic. From the sound made when kissing, or the sound of a fretless bass.

Thanks guys. 3 kisses for you all: mwah mwah mwah!

(often Internet slang) The sound of a kiss, to indicate blowing a kiss to someone.


truth or dare

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-truth or dare.wav

A: Truth or dare? B: Dare.

(games) The question asked during the truth or dare game, in which a player asks another player to choose between the two.


oh well

I didn’t know the store closes at five on Thursdays. Oh well, I’ll have to come back tomorrow.

Oh well, I guess.

It was not until he heard a ring at the bell that he wondered how he should address her. Countess? That would seem like rubbing it in. Oh, well, it was n't really necessary to call people anything, if one used a little management.

1912 July, Henry Kitchell Webster, “The Ingredients”, in The Atlantic Monthly. A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics, volume CX, number 1, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, […], →OCLC, page 21:

"Oh well, it can't be helped," returned Teal. "We'll get him yet. By the way, walk down to the lecture with me this afternoon?"

1922 December, Harold Avery, “A Sixth Form Feud. A Public School Story.”, in The Boy’s Own Paper, volume XLV, part 2, London: "Boy's Own Paper" Office, […], →OCLC, chapter VII (Waylaid), page 125:

The meager X-ray facts are woefully inadequate and there is nothing upon modern roentgen-cardiography. And this book comes out of Boston where Holmes and George practice the art of roentgenology? Oh, well—Prophets without honor, etc.

1924 November, “Physical Diagnosis by Richard C. Cabot, M.D., Professor of Medicine in Harvard University, Formerly Chief of the West Medical Service at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Eighth Edition, Revised and Enlarged with Six Plates and 279 Figures in the Text. New York, William Wood and Company, MDCCCCXXIII. Price, $5.00. [book review]”, in The Medical Herald and Physiotherapist: Incorporating The Medical Fortnightly & Laboratory News, St. Louis Clinique, General Practitioner and The Kansas City Medical Index-Lancet, volume XLIII, number 11, Kansas City, Mo.: Medical Herald Pub. Co., →OCLC, page 265, column 2:

I'll catch a tongue-thrashing, I warrant … Oh well, I guess I'll risk it. I'd feel unhappy all day if I didn't.

1931, Edgar Caper, edited by Paul McPharlin, Lincoln and the Pig: […] (Puppet Plays; 2), Detroit, Mich., →OCLC, page 5:

Hello? Hello? Is that zoo? … Well, nobody's talking baby talk. Well, I'm the man that called up about the leopard. You don't have to do anything about it. It's all been a mistake. Yes. Uh … Oh, well, stop them.

1938 (film premiere), 1988 (book), Howard Hawks (director), [Hagar Wilde (screenwriter)], “Bringing Up Baby: The Continuity Script”, in Gerald Mast, editor, Bringing Up Baby (Rutgers Films in Print; 10), New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, published 1994, →ISBN, page 138:

He [George Miller] has stories he wants to tell, and if they don’t fit neatly into the mythology, then oh well.

2017 December 1, Tom Breihan, “Mad Max: Fury Road Might Already be the Best Action Movie Ever Made”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 2018-02-22:

(idiomatic) An expression of mild disappointment or resignation: too bad; it's a pity; what can you do; it is what it is.


toodles

Clipping of toodeloo + -s (hypocoristic suffix).


pomoc

Inherited from Old Czech pomoc, from Proto-Slavic *pomoťь.


і

Primal interjection in response to pain, fear, surprise. Common to many languages.

Expressing pain, fear, surprise, joy, disappointment, anger, hatred, etc.


ting

Ting, ting, ting! went the bell again. Everybody sat down; the curtain shook, rose sufficiently high to display several pair of yellow boots paddling about, and there it remained.

1839, Charles Dickens, “The Private Theatricals”, in Sketches by Boz:

“Aah, Miss Zoe!” proclaimed Raj, as she opened the door to his shop. The bell rang as she entered. TING.

2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:

Used to represent the sound of a small bell.


geronimo

/d͡ʒəˈɹɑnɪmoʊ/

/d͡ʒəˈɹɒnɪməʊ/

Various theories; see Wikipedia. Originally used by American paratroopers.

Geronimo, motherfucker!

1988, Jeb Stuart, Steven E. de Souza, Die Hard, spoken by John McClane (Bruce Willis):

A cry before jumping out of or into something.


lock and load

Attested since at least 1793, when a document describes flintlock weapons that are ready to fire as "well locked and loaded". The variant "load(ed) and lock(ed)" is found since at least 1815. The phrase may have originated from the use of gunlocks on naval artillery (in use by the Royal Navy since 1745); as gunlocks were not required for firing (a lintstock could be used) it may have been necessary to specify cannon was "locked" as well as loaded.
As an imperative, used since at least 1940, in the U.S. Army Field Manual for the M1 Rifle. Compare e.g. German "laden und sichern" ("load and secure"). Popularized in culture after being used by John Wayne in Sands of Iwo Jima (1949).

1949 — John Wayne in the film Sands of Iwo Jima
Lock and load, boy, lock and load.

(US, slang) A command to prepare a weapon for battle.

(US, slang) Prepare for an imminent event.


sim

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese si (“yes”) (with nasalization of the vowel under the influence of não or mim), from Latin sīc (“thus; so”), from Proto-Indo-European *so (“this, that”).

inh+

“Eles já saíram?” “Sim, saíram.”


tato

A contraction of está todo (bien) ("everything's good").

(slang, Dominican Republic) alright, that is all, OKAY, that’s it


credo

Learned borrowing from Latin credō (“to believe”). Doublet of creio.

lbor

Jesus! (expression of unpleasant surprise)


watch out

Used to warn someone of an imminent danger.


son of a gun

Euphemistic variant of son of a bitch. There are folk etymologies suggesting nautical origins, such as a reference to the disputed parentage of a child born aboard a ship (between the guns), or a child fathered by a soldier (also referred to as a "gun"). However, these etymologies are not supported by evidence.

Son of a gun! I just got stung by a wasp!

(euphemistic) Used to express anger, contempt, disgust, astonishment, disappointment, etc.


"Andrew" wrote in news:h4JIf.43735 $mf2....@newsfe6-win.ntli.net:
>> >> its to show u who is boss, state power 4tw
>> >> if they were really worried […]

2006 February 15, Andrew, quoted by Devoto, “Re: Smoking ban”, in alt.sports.soccer.sunderland (Usenet):

(Internet slang) Abbreviation of for the win.


From the similarity in pronunciation to thanks.

(Internet slang, sensational spelling) Alternative spelling of thanks


The digits can be read as yon-roku-shi-ku, which is similar to よろしく (yoroshiku, “pleased to meet you; regards”).

『今回も4649！ 数学はないの？』

2005, 七瀬晶 Nanase Hikaru, Project SEVEN, p12

“Konkai mo yoroshiku ! Sūgaku wa nai no?”

pleased to meet you; let's get along well


ერთი

From Old Georgian ერთი (erti), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *ert-. Cognate with Mingrelian ართი (arti) and Laz ართი (arti), არ (ar) and ჸარ.


курва

Inherited from Old Slovak kurva, from Proto-Slavic *kury. Cognates include Carpathian Rusyn ку́рва (kúrva) and Slovak kurva.


курва

head

ку́рва • (kúrva)

→ Ingrian: kurva

→ Karelian:

North Karelian: kurva

South Karelian: kurva

→ Kildin Sami: курва (kurva)

→ Livvi: kurvu

Inherited from Old East Slavic курва (kurva, “prostitute, whore”), from Proto-Slavic *kury (“whore”).


курва

Inherited from Old Ruthenian ку́рва (kúrva).

(vulgar, swear word) fuck!, shit!, for fuck's sake!, bugger!


otra vez

[ˌo.t̪ɾa ˈβ̞eθ]


olé

olé, an expression of encouragement and approval


olé

Unknown. Often supposed to be from Arabic الله (allāh, “God!”), used e.g. to express surprise, excitement, etc., and/or from related وَاللهِ (wa-llāhi, “by God!”), used as an oath or strong agreement.
The Spanish Arabist Federico Corriente, however, described this derivation as "falsos arabismos" (false Arabism) in his work Diccionario de Arabismos y Voces Afines en Iberorromance.

an expression of encouragement and approval


slane

slane (mutation mutation-radical)
lane (lenition mutation)
after "yn" (lenition mutation)
tlane (lenition mutation)

From Old Irish slán, from Proto-Celtic *slānos, from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- (“whole”).


diamine

an expression of wonder, impatience or irritation


I don't know

[ɑ̈ɪ̯ ɾoʊ̯(ʔ)(t̚)noʊ̯]

pronoun (depending on who is speaking with whom) + không biết (general form)

Mr. Schidtler: Does anybody here have any idea why "Inestine" was regarded as a great scientist? Kevin?
Kevin: Oh, uh, I don't know.

1982, “You Can't Do That on Television”, in Nickelodeon, season 3, episode 11:

Used in response to a question or command in which the target person does not know the answer to or how to respond.

Maybe you could, I don't know, directly talk to her about it instead of complaining to me for once?

Used to indicate that one is speculating (often used sarcastically when stating the obvious).

The audacity of that lad... I don't know.

(UK) Used to express exasperation or incredulity about a given situation or person.

I don't know why Blip just shuts off the power and then blames it on the weather.

1984, Alasdair, You Can't Do That on Television, Nickelodeon, season 5, episode 24

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see I, don't, know.


adios

Borrowed from Spanish adiós; see there for more. Doublet of adieu.


adios

Borrowed from Spanish adiós (“goodbye”).


adios

Borrowed from Spanish adios. Doublet of adieu and adio.


big deal

He can run a mile in six minutes? Big deal! Some people can do it in four.

So you beat the worst team in the league. Big deal, call the TV crews.

(idiomatic, informal, ironic) Indicates that something is not important or impressive; so what.


will do

An ellipsis for "I will do (it or that)."

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see will, do.

Could you wake me when you get up? — No problem, will do.

Make sure you understand this before the next class. — Will do, for sure.

One of us needs to verify the source. — Will do, but I could use some help.

(by ellipsis) Affirmative yes in response to an especially personal or direct request for the performance of some action.


привет

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приве́т • (privét)

приве́т (canonical)
privét (romanization)

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic привѣтъ (privětŭ, “approval, reverence”), from Proto-Slavic *privětъ.


привет

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приве́т • (privét)

→ Armenian: պրիվետ (privet)

→ English: privet

→ Georgian: პრივეტ (ṗriveṭ) (slang)

→ Yakut: пирибиэт (piribiet)

Inherited from Old East Slavic привѣтъ (privětŭ, “greeting; appeal; dictum, word; intention, will”), from Proto-Slavic *privětъ. Compare Ukrainian приві́т (pryvít) and Belarusian прыве́т (pryvjét).

inh+

привѣ́тъ — Pre-reform orthography (1918)


cómo

Inherited from Latin cōmō̆, a non-literary form of quōmodo.

(interrogative) sorry? what? (expressing surprise or asking to repeat)


muso

hooray, an expression used to denote happiness or joy.


evet

From Ottoman Turkish أوت (evet), from Common Turkic. Cognate with Karakhanid [script needed] (yemet, “yes”). Nişanyan suggest that it may be a doublet of dialectal evet (“quickly”) and suggests a derivation from Proto-Turkic *ẹ̄b- (“to be quick”) whence ivmek, however note the mismatch in initial vowels. EDAL considers Chuvash аван (avan) to also be a cognate and reconstructs Proto-Turkic *ebe-, however such a root is unattested and usually not reconstructed outside of EDAL.
Replaced the formerly prevalent ha (“yes”), now largely limited to dialectal and colloquial use.


arat

[ˈʔaː.ɾɐt̪̚]


pisti

(vulgar, offensive) Used as an expression similar to shit! or fuck!


no way

Touch that weird rock over there, I dare you! —No way!

under no circumstances
under no circumstances

(idiomatic) Absolutely not; under no circumstances.

You failed your exam again? No way!

He's hitting 400 for two months? Uh-uh! No way!

(idiomatic) Indicates astonished disbelief.


salut

Inherited from Navarro-Aragonese salut, from Latin salūtem, related to salvus (“safe”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- (“whole, completed”).


salut

Inherited from Old Catalan salut, from Latin salūtem, related to salvus (“safe”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- (“whole, completed”).


salut

Inherited from Old French salut, salu, from Latin salūtem, from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- (“whole, completed”).

Salut toi. Ça fait un bail, comment ça va?


salut

Borrowed from French salut, derived from Latin salūs. Doublet of săruta.
First attested in c. 1832.


Jeremiah

/ˌd͡ʒɛɹəˈmaɪə/

From Latin Jeremias, from Ancient Greek Ἰερεμίας (Ieremías), from Hebrew יִרְמְיָה (yirm'yá, “Jeremiah”, literally “Yahweh exalt”).

(UK) Expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration, etc.


go on

Go on! You were saying about those other ones too?

Expressing that the speaker can continue speaking without interruption from the listener.

A: He asked Fiona to marry him.

B: Go on!

A: It's true, I swear.

Expressing surprise, disbelief or incredulity.

Go on! You can do it!

(especially Australia, New Zealand) Expressing encouragement, see come on.

—So three hundred on the chair then, and can we do two-fifty on the clock?
—Go on, then.

(especially British) Yes; okay; it's a deal.


hayır

[ˈhɑː.jɯɾ̞̊]

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish خیر (hayr, hayır), ultimately shortened from Classical Persian نَخَیْر (naxayr, “no”), itself from نَه (na, “no”) + Arabic خَيْر (ḵayr, “good, well, wellbeing”). Partially replaced yok, although the latter is still more common.

der

Öğretmen misin? — Hayır.


sigur

Borrowed from Greek σίγουρος (sígouros), from Venetan seguro, siguro, from Latin secūrus. First attested in the late 18th century.

(informal) Affirmative, often enthusiastic, answer to a question: of course, sure.


no problem

Porter, can you help me with my bags? — No problem, sir.

Certainly, sure (said when granting a request).

(of course, certainly, lit. naturally) hogyne

Thank you. — No problem.

No thanks is necessary; you're welcome (said in response to an expression of gratitude).

I'm sorry. — No problem.

No apology is necessary; think nothing of it (said in response to an expression of regret).


vois

Tuukko myöhemmin kylille? —Vois.

Are you coming downtown later? —Why not.

Kyllä teidän pitäisi jo käydä koronatestissä. —Vois.

You guys should go take a Covid test already. —Sure.

sure, why not; indicates agreement to an action in the first-person singular or plural


wel

English: well

Scots: weel, wele, weil, weill

From Old English wel, from Proto-Germanic *wela.

Used to preface or begin a statement or situation.

Used to acknowledge or reply to a statement or situation.

Used to indicate victory, realisation, or overcoming.


hov

From Old Norse hó, compare English ho, German ho.


nyuk

Introduced by Curly (Jerome Horwitz) of The Three Stooges in the 1930's.

Nyuk nyuk nyuk!


tässä

Ostaisin litran mansikoita. – Tässä.
I would like to buy a litre of strawberries. – Here you are.


dur

"Well, dur. I'm not that stupid, I knew that."

2015, Liberty Kratz-Gullickson, Write Like a Girl, page 29:

Alternative form of duh (“indicating stupidity etc.”)


peng

bang (a verbal emulation of a sudden percussive sound)


sor

(Hong Kong Cantonese, colloquial) Used to express apology over trivial matters, where apology is needed but the use of sorry would be considered too formal.


kiitos

From Proto-Finnic *kiit'os, equivalent to kiittää (“to thank”) + -os.

kiitos paljon

Kiitos hyvästä työstä!


kiitos

[ˈkiːd̥o̞ʒ̥]

From Proto-Finnic *kiit'os, equivalent to kiittää (“to thank”) + -os. Cognates include Finnish kiitos and Estonian kiitus.


당근

(slang, humorous) Alternative form of 당연(當然) (dang'yeon, “of course”)


kis

kis kis, kippurahäntä
here, kitty, kitty, "curly-tail"


lan

→ Swedish: len


vaja

Archaic third-person singular present subjunctive of anar.

Expresses surprise etc., analogous to Spanish vaya


加油

→ English: add oil (calque)

/t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ joʊ̯³⁵/

/t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ jɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/

/kaː⁵⁵ jɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/

/ka⁴⁴⁻³⁵ iu¹¹/

/t͡ɕia¹¹ iəu¹¹/

/ka⁴⁴⁻²² iu²⁴/

/ka⁴⁴⁻³³ iu²⁴/

/ka⁴⁴⁻³³ iu²³/

/kɛ⁴⁴⁻²² iu¹³/

/kia³³⁻²³ iu⁵⁵/

/ke³³⁻²³ iu⁵⁵/

/ka⁴⁴ ɦiɤ²³/

/t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ joʊ̯³⁵/

/t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ jɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/

/kaː⁵⁵ jɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/

/ka⁴⁴⁻³⁵ iu¹¹/

/t͡ɕia¹¹ iəu¹¹/

/ka⁴⁴⁻²² iu²⁴/

/ka⁴⁴⁻³³ iu²⁴/

/ka⁴⁴⁻³³ iu²³/

/kɛ⁴⁴⁻²² iu¹³/

/kia³³⁻²³ iu⁵⁵/

/ke³³⁻²³ iu⁵⁵/

/ka⁴⁴ ɦiɤ²³/

It started to be used as an interjection in the '60s and '70s during the Macau Grand Prix when people start chanting "加油", urging the drivers to step on the gas pedal to increase speed.

加油，你能行的！

中國，加油！

中国，加油！


kyynel

From Proto-Finnic *küünel, from Proto-Uralic *küńele. Cognates include Karelian kyynäl, Northern Sami ganjal, Hungarian könny.

No, voi kyynel!

(sarcastic) used as a sarcastic response to someone's situation, usually one that is being overly exaggerated.


vaj

Possibly from Proto-Albanian *uai, from Proto-Indo-European *wáy, *uai (“woe!, alas!”); similar words are found in several European languages. Cognate to Ancient Greek ὀά (oá, “woe!, alas!”) and Old Armenian վայ (vay, “cry of pain”), Latin vae, Icelandic vei, Dutch wee, English woe. Compare also Romanian vai,
Serbo-Croatian авај (avaj), Italian guai. In view of a widespread secondary meaning 'to cry', one may also consider Proto-Albanian *vabja, connected with Old Church Slavonic вабимо (vabimo, “being lured”), Gothic 𐍅𐍉𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wōpjan, “call out”), Old English wēpan (“weep, cry”).


vaj

Onomatopoeic, imitating an involuntary burst of sound.


kuha

kuha (canonical)
kuhà (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜑ (Baybayin)

From Proto-Central Philippine *kúha(ʔ) (“to get; to take”). Compare Bikol Central kua, Cebuano kuha, Kapampangan kua, Maranao kowa, and Tausug kawaꞌ. According to Zorc (2021), it might be from Proto-Austronesian *kuSa (“work”) with semantic reassignment. Compare Kavalan kuway (“to work in the field”) and Isnag kuwa (“to work”).


lel

Miscellaneously substituted vowel in place of the 'o' in lol.

(Internet slang, text messaging) Variation of lol.


ak

Borrowed from German ach (“oh”). In 16th- and 17th-century literature, o or oh was often used in this sense. In a text from 1638, German ach is translated as ok, which points to a borrowing from Russian ох (ox). The from ak, from German, was introduced in the 17th-18th century.

ak, cik lieliski!

ak, kāda laime!

ak, kas par prieku!

ak, kā patīk!

ak, briesmas!

ak, brīvība! tā ir vitamīns, kas dzelzij un akmenim cauri ēdas

ah! freedom! that is a vitamin that eats through stone and iron

vai tu viņus atradi? ak, mani bērni, mani bērniņi!

have you found them? oh, my children, my (poor) little children!

“matemātika”, zēns bubina un izņem grāmatu... ak vai, ak vai, un visi citi jau guļ!

“mathematics,” the boy whispered and took the book... oh, oh (= poor me!), and all others are already sleeping (but I must study)!

used to indicate various feelings: joy, excitement, fear, distress; oh! ah!

ak, ko es redzu!

ak, kas par godu!

ak, kā jāstrādā!

ak, kaut es dabūtu!

ak, tas tikai sīkums!

ak, vasara, vasara, kā tu vari mulsināt jaunu meiču sirdis!

ah! summer, summer, how you can confuse young girls' hearts!

used to express certain mental states — e.g., surprise, disappointment, disapproval — in an emotional but also intelligent, perceptive way; ah! oh!

ak (tu) neprāts!

ak tu palaidnis tāds!

ak (tu) kungs!

ak (tu) dievs!

ak (tu) velns!

ak (tu) ļauna pasaule!

nē, nē, māt, pavasarī gan grūti mirt; visas puķītes zied, putniņi dzied, ak tu jaukā pasaulīte!

no, no, mother, it is difficult to die in spring; all the little flowers are blooming, the birds are singing, oh (you) lovely world!

“ak tu mūžs, kas te to zvēru!” māte iesaucās, redzot pēdas sniegā

“ah life, what wild beast is that!” the mother exclaimed, seeing tracks in the snow

(often in combination with the pronoun tu (“you”)) used to reinforce an interjection by either literally or metaphorically attributing some characteristic to the hearer; (ah,) you ... ! you ... ! oh ...!


what of it

Yes, I ate the last cookie. What of it?

"Hiram took my snowballs."
"Aw, what of it, kid?" sneered the bully. "There's lots more snow. Make yourself another set and see what you can do."

1912, Stratemeyer Syndicate, chapter 1, in Baseball Joe on the School Nine:

(idiomatic) So what? Who cares? Expresses disinterest, disregard or lack of concern.


deh

Probably from Latin dee, vocative form of deus (“god, deity”).

Deh, or mi dì: quanto tesoro volle
 Nostro Segnore in prima da San Pietro
 ch'ei ponesse le chiavi in sua balia?

1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto X, page 321 vv. 91-93:

I pray thee tell me now how great a treasure
 Our Lord demanded of Saint Peter first,
 before he put the keys into his keeping?

used to introduce a prayer or request or a wishful statement; ah!, oh!


kas

From the imperative katso! (“look!”), from katsoa (“to look”).

Kas, onpa sinulla suuret hampaat!

Kas vain, onpa poika kasvanut!

look!, oh!, my!, behold! (used as expression of surprise, often accompanied with -pa -suffix in the verb used to explain the reason for astonishment)

Kas, asia on niin, että...


kas

From the imperative katso! (“look!”). Akin to Finnish kas.


brr

The teeth chattered faster, stopped, and began again twice before the man could master his shiver sufficiently to say, "Ju-ju-st in ti-ti-me....Brrrr."

1900, Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim, page x. 83:

'Brrrrr,' said Lieutenant Dubosc, realizing to the full how cold he was.

1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 1, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 7:

Used to express being cold, to show shivering.

Brrr. Even the thought of going underground made Old Bailey shudder.

1996, Neil Gaiman, chapter 8, in Neverwhere, London: Headline Review, published 2005:

An expression of disgust or aversion, as if shuddering.


brr

brr (used to express being cold, to show shivering)

brr (an exclamation of disgust or aversion)


brr

brr (in reaction to the cold or something gross)


paras

From Proto-Finnic *paras. Cognate with Finnish paras, Võro paras, Northern Sami buorre.

Ta sai peksa. Paras talle!


kór

Když bude nějak kór moc škaredě, tož to dělat nebudeme.

If the weather is bad (intensified), we won't do it.


loca

Middle English: loke (loke what, loke when, loke who, loke hou)

English: look (look you)

Possibly an imperative form of lōcian. See also lo (from Old English lā).

Lōca hwæt hæbbe tȳn fēt

Lōca hwǣr ic hit gefriþod wille habban


gom

There's a Lad, too, from York— but tho' he's a strange elf, / By gom! I respect him as much as myself,

1804, an entry in the Theatrical Journal of The European Magazine: And London Review, volume 45, page 373

O dang it, Roger, did 'e ever see sich a sight afore? My gom! what a glorious lumination like! My goles! what a mort of gentry-folk!

1829, “The Humours of Vauxhall”, in The Universal Songster, Or Museum of Mirth, volume 2, page 164:

"l'll drink as much cider as you 'plase, but by gom, sir, you munna come here to bork the trees over again."

1861, The Entomologist's Weekly Intelligencer, volumes 9-10, page 36:

Robert took courage : "Eh, by gom, no. It wasn't hereabouts."

1908, Edmund Mackenzie Sneyd-Kynnersley, H. M. I.: Some Passages in the Life of One of H. M. Inspectors of Schools, page 224:


eep

onomatopoeic

Imitative

Hot-dog vendor: "Get him!"
Bart: "Eep."

1993, “Bart's Inner Child”, in The Simpsons:

Then she ripped the door off its hinges and bent the flimsy metal in half between her hands.
"Eep," I said.

2000, Adam Cadre, Ready, Okay!, New York: Harper Collins, →ISBN, →OCLC:

On the opposite side a bottle crashed. Shards twinkle screamed in a circle around her head. “Eep,” she said, breathed, and nearly screamed.

2000, John Palisano, Journey Through Time, Authorhouse, →ISBN, page 9:

(onomatopoeia) An expression of surprise or dismay.


hein

From earlier hen, heim, from Latin hem (“eh?”).

Ça vous a plu, hein ? Vous en d’mandez encore / Eh bien, écoutez l’histoire de Bonnie and Clyde

1968, Serge Gainsbourg (lyrics and music), “Bonnie and Clyde”, in Initials B.B., performed by Serge Gainsbourg ft. Brigitte Bardot:

You liked it, did you? You want more / Well then, listen to the story of Bonnie and Clyde


hein

Inherited from Latin hem (“eh?”). Compare French hein.

Então, você gostou, hein?

(Brazil, at the end of a sentence) huh? (used as a reinforcement of a question)

(Brazil, used by itself) what? (used when one didn’t hear or understand something)

(Brazil) response to a statement that is unexpected or idiotic

oi?

response to an statement that wasn't understood or wasn't expected


xa

East Slavic:

Belarusian: ха (xa); ха-ха́ (xa-xá), ха-ха-ха́ (xa-xa-xá)

Russian: ха (xa); ха-ха́ (xa-xá), ха-ха-ха́ (xa-xa-xá)

Ukrainian: ха (xa), га (ha); ха-ха́ (xa-xá), ха-ха-ха́ (xa-xa-xá), га-га́ (ha-há), га-га-га́ (ha-ha-há)

South Slavic:

Bulgarian: ха (ha); ха̣ (hạ) (dialectal)

Macedonian: ха (ha); ха хаа (ha haa)

Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: ха̏; ха̑ ха̑

Latin script: hȁ; hȃ hȃ

Slovene: hà; hahȃ

West Slavic:

Czech: cha; chacha

Polish: cha-cha, cha cha cha, ha ha ha

Slovak: cha

Slovincian: ha

Sorbian:

Lower Sorbian: cha cha cha; ha, haha

Upper Sorbian: kha

Onomatopoeic. Cognate with Lithuanian cha cha cha (“ha-ha”), Latvian ha.


नमस्ते

hi-interj

नमस्ते • (namaste) (Urdu spelling نَمَسْتے)

Borrowed from Sanskrit नमस्ते (namaste, “salutations to you”).

bor+

A salutation; a greeting used for most purposes including hello, goodbye, etc.


नमस्ते

A salutation; a greeting used for most purposes including hello, goodbye, etc.; namaste


नमस्ते

A salutation; a greeting used for most purposes including hello, good morning/afternoon, and goodbye


नमस्ते

→ English: namaste

→ Spanish: namasté

→ Persian: نمسته (namaste)

→ French: namasté

→ Gujarati: નમસ્તે (namaste)

→ Hindustani: namaste

desc

Hindi: नमस्ते

Hindi: नमस्ते

Urdu: نمستے

→ Italian: namaste

→ Japanese: ナマステ (namasute)

→ Kannada: ನಮಸ್ತೆ (namaste)

→ Korean: 나마스테 (namaseute)

→ Malayalam: നമസ്തേ (namastē)

→ Marathi: नमस्ते (namaste)

→ Nepali: नमस्ते (namaste)

→ Punjabi: namaste

Gurmukhi script: ਨਮਸਤੇ

Shahmukhi script: نمستے

→ Portuguese: namastê

→ Russian: намастэ́ (namastɛ́), намасте́ (namasté)

→ Tamil: நமஸ்தே (namastē)

→ Telugu: నమస్తే (namastē)

→ Chinese: 那摩斯戴 (nàmósīdài)

From नमस् (námas), nominative singular of नमस् (námas, “a bow, obeisance”) + ते (te, “to you”).

नमस्ते सदा वत्सले मातृभूमे
त्वया हिन्दुभूमे सुखं वर्धितोऽहम् ।
महामङ्गले पुण्यभूमे त्वदर्थे
पतत्वेष कायो नमस्ते नमस्ते ॥
namaste sadā vatsale mātṛbhūme
tvayā hindubhūme sukhaṃ vardhitoʼham.
mahāmaṅgale puṇyabhūme tvadarthe

1940, संघ प्रार्थना

I bow to you always, dear motherland; I have been brought up happily by you, O Hindu land;
May this body fall for you, O much auspicious holy land!
Salutations to you, salutations to you.


kulan

From earlier kaulan, from earlier kaulanun, shortening of kaula (“I”) + nun (“response interjection”). Cognate with Javanese ꦏꦸꦭꦤꦸꦮꦸꦤ꧀ (kulanuwun, “hello, excuse me”)

cog

Ema: Ujang?
Ujang: Kulan, mah?
Mother: Ujang?
Ujang: Yes, mother?

(men's speech, polite) Response that confirms that the speaker is paying attention to the other person's call, usually a superior: yes?


good luck

Coordinate term: goodbye

Near-synonym: God bless

Used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement; a benediction or valediction.

voorspoed

used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement


harch

Forward harch!

A command to move forwards, issued by the drum major of a marching band.


salam

- Salam! -Əleyküm salam!
- Hello! - Hello to you, too!


salam

From Arabic سَلَام (salām, “peace; hello”).


salam

From Hindi सलाम (salām, “hello”), from Arabic سَلَام (salām, “peace; hello”).


歹勢

歹势
否勢
壞勢
痞勢
拍謝

/taɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

/pʰãi⁴²⁻²⁴ se²¹/

/pʰãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ se²¹/

/pʰãi⁵³⁻⁵⁵ se²¹/

/pʰãi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ se²¹/

/pʰãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ se¹¹/

/pʰãi⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ se²¹/

/pʰai⁵⁵⁻³⁵ se³¹/

/pʰai⁵³⁻²⁴ se¹²/

/pʰai⁴²⁻²⁴ se²¹/

/pʰai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ se⁴¹/

/pʰãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si²¹/

/pʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si¹¹/

/pʰai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ si²¹/

/pʰai⁵²⁻³⁵ se²¹³/

/pʰãĩ⁵²⁻³⁵ se²¹³/

/taɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

/pʰãi⁴²⁻²⁴ se²¹/

/pʰãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ se²¹/

/pʰãi⁵³⁻⁵⁵ se²¹/

/pʰãi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ se²¹/

/pʰãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ se¹¹/

/pʰãi⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ se²¹/

/pʰai⁵⁵⁻³⁵ se³¹/

/pʰai⁵³⁻²⁴ se¹²/

/pʰai⁴²⁻²⁴ se²¹/

/pʰai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ se⁴¹/

/pʰãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si²¹/

/pʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si¹¹/

/pʰai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ si²¹/

/pʰai⁵²⁻³⁵ se²¹³/

/pʰãĩ⁵²⁻³⁵ se²¹³/

(Hokkien, Singapore Teochew) pardon me; excuse me; sorry


takk kærlega

Takk kærlega fyrir vatnið.


oofta

"Oofta! I've long ago forgotten it."

2004, Janet Elaine Smith, A Lumberjack Christmas, page 16:

(US, chiefly upper midwest) A mild expression of error, dismay, or concern (often in a comical sense).


Scheisse

Oh Scheisse!!

1999 November 15, Fred Biedermann, “Re: My 200th Coaster!!”, in rec.roller-coaster (Usenet):

'Oh Scheisse! How many?'

2010, Anthony Underhill, The Killing Strip, page 173:

"Oh Scheisse," he said. "Look at that nasty scuffmark."

Alternative letter-case form of scheisse


whist

From Middle English whist (“silent”), possibly onomatopoeic.

… for scarcely had they descended one hundred feet, when a low “whist” from the girl, warned them of present danger.

1860, anonymous author, Heroes and Hunters of the West, HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2008:

Alternative spelling of whisht. Silence!, quiet!, hush!, shhh!, shush!


arg

(informal) Expressing frustration or disappointment.


hode

Zeg hem jij komt niet bij mij, no way // To-toch geef ik ze een kans, hode.

Tell him you're not coming to me, no way // St-still I'mma give her a chance, holy shit.

Ben ik een gangster, dan zeg ik: Hode // Ben jij een rapper, dan zeg je: Hode

Am I a gangster, then I'll say: Hot damn // Are you a rapper, then you'll say: Hot damn

Wordt kanker heet van die boetes // Die bitch moet pijpen niet smoelen (Hode)

It's getting hot as fuck from all those fines // That bitch should suck not blabber (Damn)

(Netherlands, slang) Used to convey surprise: holy shit; bloody hell


my gosh

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my God

My God! He’s only the most intelligent man in the Bible, that’s all! Who isn’t he head and shoulders over? Who? Both Testaments are full of pundits, prophets, disciples, favorite sons, Solomons, Isaiahs, Davids, Pauls — but, my God, who besides Jesus really knew which end was up?

1961, J.D Salinger, Franny and Zooey, page 170:


arra

Unknown. Compare Moroccan Arabic أرى (ʔarra, “giddyup”) and Italian arri.


oh my gosh

(idiomatic, US, UK, euphemistic) oh my God!


yeehaw

From gee and haw, words used to instruct a horse to turn in different directions.

(chiefly Southern US and Western US) An expression of joy or excitement, commonly associated with cowboys.


right on

I knew you could do it. Right on!

Right on to Jean Segaloff and her Speaking Out column, "The Myth of the 'Feminist Male!" A man who calls himself a "feminist" is akin to a white civil rights worker who calls him or herself a "black activist."

1981 August 15, Cliff Flanders, “Anti-Masculinists”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 5, page 4:

(US, idiomatic) An expression of enthusiasm or encouragement.


bienvenue

Literally, “well come”, from Old French bienvenue; compare also bienvenu (without the -e). Presumably a calque of an Old Frankish term, from Proto-Germanic *wiljakwemô (“a welcome guest or arrival”), from which many modern Germanic forms descend, as English welcome.
Interjection sense #2 is a recent semantic loan from English you're welcome found only in Canada; English “you’re welcome” dates from early 20th century, French Canadian usage correspondingly later.

semantic loan

Bienvenue à Paris!

Bienvenue dans la maison.

Merci pour le party! — Bienvenue.

(North America) you're welcome (as an answer to thank you)


attagirl

/ˈætəˌɡɜː(ɹ)l/

Variant pronunciation of "That's the girl!", a cry of encouragement, especially to children and pet dogs.

Attagirl! That's the way to hit a home run!

(idiomatic, colloquial) Used to show encouragement or approval to a girl, woman or female animal.

zuch dziewczyna

Used to show encouragement or approval to a girl or a woman


witaj

Second-person singular imperative of witać.


na zdrowie

Literally, “for health”, or more loosely translated as “to [your] health”. Compare Czech na zdraví, Slovak na zdravie, Serbo-Croatian nazdraviti, Russian на здоро́вье (na zdoróvʹje).

cog

на здоро́вье

(idiomatic) cheers (said before sharing a drink)

(idiomatic) bless you (said after someone sneezes)


proszę

Proszę wyrzucić śmieci.

come in! used to invite someone in to a room

have at! used to encourage someone to do something

pardon? used to ask someone to repeat what they just said

Nie zrobiłem zadania domowego, proszę pani

Dobrze zrozumiałem, proszę pana.

Jestem niewinny, proszę Wysokiego Sądu.

+obj

excuse me? used as a general polite vocative in conjunction with a title [with accusative ‘to whom one is speaking’]

you're welcome used in response to thank you

here you are used when handing someone something

Proszę, proszę! Jednak przyszedłeś.

(sometimes duplicated) well, well, well used in mild surprise to something


alouette

From Etymology 1, alluding to the French-Canadian folk song Alouette, a cumulative song with a lengthening list of body parts.

Neurologue, pneumologue, plusieurs cardiologues, oto-rhino-laryngologiste, rhumatologue, spécialiste des maladies infectieuses, alouette : son quotidien est rythmé par les examens avec les nombreux spécialistes qui la suivent.

2020, Philippe Mercure, “COVID-19 : quand la maladie s'éternise”, in La Presse:

Neurologist, pneumonologist, several cardiologists, ENT, rheumatologist, infectious disease specialist, and a partridge in a pear tree: the rhythm of her daily life is set by her appointments with the numerous specialists who are following her.

and a partridge in a pear tree
and a partridge in a pear tree

(usually humorous) Used at the end of a long list of items; and a partridge in a pear tree


dobranoc

Univerbation of dobra + noc. Compare dated/dialectal dobrydzień.

(idiomatic) good night (used to wish someone a good night's sleep or to say goodbye for the evening)


cześć

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čьstь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kistis, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷit-tis.

Cześć, chcesz coś zjeść?


hocus-pocus

/ˌhəʊkəs ˈpəʊkəs/

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Archbishop of Canterbury
Jesus
John Tillotson
Robert Ibbitson

The interjection and noun are derived from made-up pseudo-Latin magical incantations used by conjurers (formerly called “jugglers”) such as “hocus pocus, tontus talontus, vade celeriter jubeo” (with a particular 17th-century conjurer adopting Hocus Pocus as his name) and “hax pax max Deus adimax”. The suggestion that the term is a corruption of words from the Roman Catholic liturgy of the Eucharist, “hoc est enim corpus meum” (“this is my [i.e., Jesus’s] body”), was made in a sermon by the Archbishop of Canterbury, John Tillotson (1630–1694), but is not generally accepted.
The verb is derived from the noun.

nb...

That is, the Lord doth Avenge the Blood of the Innocent upon the Inhabitants of the Earth: This Book is Profitable to bee Read by All Judges of Assizes, before They Passe the Sentence of Condemnation against Poor People, who are Accused for Witchcraft; it is also Profitable for All Sorts of People to Read who Desire Knowledge.

dwelling in Simithfield neer Hosier Lane End

Containing Fifty-four Sermons and Discourses, on Several Occasions. Together with the Rule of Faith. Being All that were Published by His Grace Himself, and Now Collected into One Volume. To which is Added, an Alphabetical Table of the Principal Matters.

A phrase used (by a stage magician, etc.) as a magical incantation to bring about some change: abracadabra, hey presto.


hell no

Will you mow the lawn? Hell no!

No, no, hell''' no. The true answer is that there is no one answer; […]

2012 March 3, Jon Evans, “Pair Programming Considered Harmful?”, in TechCrunch, archived from the original on 2017-07-15:

My girlfriends say "Are you gonna be sad / If he calls you up, you gonna take him back?" / I said "hell no, oh hell no!"

2016 April 29, Ingrid Michaelson, Barry Dean, Luke Laird, “Hell No”, in It Doesn't Have to Make Sense, performed by Ingrid Michaelson:

(slang, vulgar) Expressing firm disagreement.


saatana

[ˈs̠ɑ̝ːt̪ɑ̝nɑ̝]


aho

From Kiowa aho (“thank you”), and loaned to many other Native American languages during the 20th century because it was frequently heard at pow-wows and widely used in the Native American Church (NAC).


oh yeah

[o(ʊ̯)˥˩ jɛə̯˨˩]

[o(ʊ̯)˥˩ jɛə˦˥]

[o(ʊ̯)˥˩ jɛə̯˥˩]

[o(ʊ̯)˥ jɛˑ(ə̯)˥˩]

Are you going to the party?
Oh, yeah!

(informal, slang) Used to indicate agreement, often sarcastically.

(In a poker game): I raise you twenty.
Oh, yeah? I think you're bluffing — I call.

(informal, slang) Used to introduce a refutation, sometimes sarcastically.

Coordinate term: oh well

Oh, yeah, I got a new video game!

(informal, slang) An exclamation of excitement or joy.

Oh, yeah, there was a police car outside the building for some reason.

(informal, slang) Used when suddenly remembering something.


daria

Alteration of damnia, imperative singular of damnio (“to damn”).


oh man

Oh, man, I wish we didn't have to clean up the whole house.

Used to express disappointment or annoyance.

Oh, man, that was a great ride!

Used to express excitement or enthusiasm.


oba

(usually childish) whee; yay (expression of pleasure or enjoyment)


flummery

Borrowed from Welsh llymru (“a sour jelly derived from boiled oatmeal”), of uncertain origin, perhaps related to llymrig (“slippery”).
For phonetic development, compare origin of Floyd.

bor

An expression of contemptuous disbelief.


mâtin

Inherited from Old French mastin, inherited from Vulgar Latin *māns(u)etīnus (“tamed (animal)”), from Classical Latin mānsuētus (“tamed”). Cognate to English mastiff.


그래

응, 그래.

그래? 미처 생각도 못했네.

Really? (I) didn't really think about that either. (casual)


hellfire

/ˈhɛlˌfaɪəɹ/

From Middle English helle fire, helever, from Old English hellefȳr, equivalent to hell + fire. Cognate with West Frisian helfjoer (“hellfire”), Dutch hellevuur (“hellfire”), German Höllenfeuer (“hellfire”).


priorities

The house was on fire, but Alex still insisted to complete that game before evacuating. Priorities.

So you decided to buy a fancy teacup instead of paying rent? Well, I mean... priorities.

(informal) An expression, chiefly unfriendly, remarking disagreement with someone else's order of priorities; that someone takes the wrong action compared to something else, or in the wrong order. Get your priorities straight.


whoopee do

As far as my other extracurricular activities, I was elected vice president of the school's chess club. (Whoopee do.)

2009, Rich Browne, I remember..., →ISBN, page 61:


chin-chin

/ˌt͡ʃɪnˈt͡ʃɪn/

/ˈt͡ʃɪnˌt͡ʃɪn/

From Chinese Pidgin English chin-chin, a reduplication of Shanghainese 請／请 (⁵chin, “please”). Sometimes, especially in Italianate spellings, reborrowed from Italian cincin.

The two junior members of the Chinese deputation came at the appointed hour. . . . On entering the door of the marquee they both made an abrupt stop, and resisted all solicitation to advance to chairs that had been prepared for them, until I should first be seated; in this dilemma, Dr. Buchanan, who had visited China, advised me what was to be done; I immediately seized on the foremost, whilst the Doctor himself grappled with the second; thus we soon fixed them in their seats, both parties during the struggle, repeating Chin Chin, Chin Chin, the Chinese term of salutation.

1795, Michael Symes, An Account of an Embassy to the Kingdom of Ava, page 295:

(dated) A salutation, especially a drinking toast.


chin-chin

From Chinese 請請／请请 (“please–please”), a reduplication of 請／请 (“please”), either Shanghainese 請／请 (⁵chin), Mandarin 請／请 (qǐng), or Cantonese 請／请 (cing²).

‘Chin-chin,’ said a man behind the counter, as I entered, ‘how you do; long time my no hab see you.’

1836 January, “Jargon spoken at Canton: how it originated and has grown into use; mode in which the Chinese learn English; examples of the language in common use between foreigners and Chinese”, in The Chinese Repository, volume IV, number 9, page 434:


whoopee-do

Whoopee-do, man. Congrats! That basically just described an Iguana.

2012, Jonathan Logan Donovan, Husk: A Tale of Human Hunger, →ISBN, page 161:


my eye

Apparently a shortening of all my eye.
Compare French mon œil.

(idiomatic) Expression of disapproval, disregard, disdain, disgust, or disbelief.

mon œil

non-gloss Expression of disapproval, disregard, disdain, disgust, or disbelief


holy shit

/ˌhəʊli ˈʃɪt/

Holy shit, that car just exploded!

(idiomatic, vulgar, slang) Expression of terror, awe, surprise, astonishment, etc., often at something seen for the first time or remembered immediately before using this term.


RAP

/aːu̯⁵⁵ ei̯⁵⁵ pʰiː⁵⁵/

/aːu̯⁵⁵ ei̯⁵⁵ pʰiː⁵⁵/

Deliberate misspelling of English RIP (“rest in peace”). Originated from Pro-Beijing netizen Matt Leung's post.

serve someone right
serve someone right#English

(Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang, neologism, sarcastic) Used when something happens to serve someone right


hell's bells

From hell + -’s + bells, possibly an elaboration of hell (used to express anger, discontent, or unhappiness) with bells chosen to rhyme with hell’s.
The noun sense (Datura stramonium) may allude to the often spiny seed capsules of the poisonous plant which somewhat resemble bells when they mature and split open; compare devil's cucumber, devil's snare, devil's trumpet, and devil's weed which are other common names for the plant.

(expression of frustration):

(expression of surprise):

What's the matter with his talking so polite? Hell's bells, Harry, no harm in being polite. There's some regular he-men that are just as polite as women, prett' near.

1920, Sinclair Lewis, chapter XXIX, in Main Street: The Story of Carol Kennicott, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, →OCLC, section V, page 352:

"You've never had a woman in any of your other pictures. Why do you want one for this?" / "Hell's Bells! You don't think I'm consulting my own preference, I hope."

1932, Edgar Wallace, Merian C[aldwell] Cooper, novelization by Delos W[heeler] Lovelace, chapter 1, in King Kong, trade softcover edition, Nevada City, Calif.: Underwood Books, published 2005, →ISBN, page 6:

Hell's bells, they even shot the dog.

2007, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men (motion picture), spoken by Wendell (Garret Dillahunt):

(mildly vulgar) An expression of frustration, outrage, or surprise.


tere tulemast

From tere (“hello”) + tulemast (“for/from coming”).


ojalá

→ Portuguese: oxalá

Inherited from Old Spanish oxalá, from Arabic وَشَاءَ ٱلله (wašāʔa llāh, “and may God will it”) or لَوْ شَاءَ ٱلله (law šāʔa llāh, “if God wills it”). Compare Arabic إنْ شَاءَ الله (ʔin šāʔa llāh).

der

وَشَاءَ ٱلله

noncog

إنْ شَاءَ الله

Arabic إنْ شَاءَ الله (ʔin šāʔa llāh)

I hope (that); let's hope (that) (followed by present subjunctive)

God grant (that) (followed by present subjunctive)

I wish (when used to refer to past events)


mida

Mida?! See on hämmastav.


怎麼樣

/t͡sən²¹⁴ mə⁴ jɑŋ⁵¹/

ㄗㄣˇ ˙ㄇㄜ ㄧㄤˋㄦ

/t͡sən²¹⁴ mə⁴ jɑ̃ɻ⁵¹/

/t͡sɐm³⁵ mɔː⁵⁵ jœːŋ²²/

/t͡sɐm³⁵ mɔː⁵⁵ jœːŋ²²⁻³⁵/

/t͡sɛn⁴⁴⁻³⁵ mo¹¹ iɔŋ⁵³/

/t͡sən²¹⁴ mə⁴ jɑŋ⁵¹/

/t͡sən²¹⁴ mə⁴ jɑ̃ɻ⁵¹/

/t͡sɐm³⁵ mɔː⁵⁵ jœːŋ²²/

/t͡sɐm³⁵ mɔː⁵⁵ jœːŋ²²⁻³⁵/

/t͡sɛn⁴⁴⁻³⁵ mo¹¹ iɔŋ⁵³/

(colloquial) how's it going?; how are you?


God forbid

If, God forbid, there's a fire, head for the nearest exit door.

(idiomatic, subjunctive) indicating that the occurrence of something is very undesirable


pilu

Coordinate term: a hula

(Kuyavia, Near Masovian, often repeated) used to call geese


boof

Imitative. Kayaking sense from the onomatopoeic sound a kayak makes when it lands on the water after “ski jumping” the waterfall forming the backwash; generally attributed to whitewater kayaking aficionados in the eastern United States in the mid- to late 1970s.

onomatopoeic

onomatopoeic

The barman vaulted over the bar and hauled him off and went boof! – right in the Boer's chest, and down he went. As he settled on the floor we ran upstairs.

2011, Paul Theroux, Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Cape Town:

(colloquial) The sound of a blow or collision; wham.


oras

duh; obviously (expresses that something is obvious)

oh no! (expresses frustration or irritation)


weder

From Old High German wedar (“which of the two”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwaþar, from Proto-Germanic *hwaþeraz, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷóteros.
Compare German weder (“neither”), Dutch weer (“again”), English whether, Icelandic hvor (“which”), Gothic 𐍈𐌰𐌸𐌰𐍂 (ƕaþar, “which”).

inh

(Uri) Indicates that one is resuming what they were previously saying after being interrupted: "anyways", "back to what I was saying"


ça va

→ Dutch: çavakes, çavakkes

Literally, “it goes”; compare English how's it going?, German wie geht es?.

(as a question) how are you? how's it going? how are things?

- Ça va?
- Oui, ça va bien. ― How's it going? - It's going fine.

(informal) OK, all right, sure, sure thing, sounds good, that's fine, that works for me


vraiment

Inherited from Middle French vrayement, from Old French veraiement. By surface analysis, vrai + -ment. Compare Italian veramente.


Janey Mack

Jackie: Oh, Janey Mack! I wish I had.

1998, Kirk Jones, Waking Ned, Tomboy films:

— Have you the key? a voice asked.
— Dedalus has it, Buck Mulligan said. Janey Mack, I'm choked.

1922, James Joyce, chapter 1, in Ulysses:


uckfay

"Uckfay offyay," Woodward seethed.

1974, B. Clarence Hall, The Burning Season, page 238:

The good kids said, "Honk you, Larry," and the medium kids said, "Uckfay ooyay," but the bad kids said "Fuck" loud and clear.

1976, Tony Martin, Cyd Charisse, Dick Kleiner, The Two of Us, page 18:

"Listen," I said to Rock,"ixnay on the uckfay."

2001, Elizabeth McCracken, Niagara Falls All Over Again, page 83:

"Yeah, Dorothy, but you don't have to uck-fay him no more. I still do."

2001, Stephen Hunter, Hot Springs, page 255:

Uttway the uckfay are you talking about?

2007, David Ives, Polish Joke and Other Plays:

That mean I don't get so much as another uckfay from you and the unexpected baloney pony?

2014, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Red Delicious: A Siobhan Quinn Novel:

(euphemistic, vulgar, slang) A slightly less offensive variation of fuck.


bleah

You bought that green station wagon? Bleah!

Reviewing my list of ickisms - yuck, yecch, bleah, ew and ick - the linguist [David McNeill] observes, "Negative words having to do with disgust seem to be embodied in the experience of expelling unwanted, possibly poisonous, materials from the mouth. […]

2005 September 25, William Safire, “The Ick Factor”, in The New York Times:

(slang, US) Expresses negative feeling. The quality of the emotion expressed is more negative than that of blah and has a slight feeling of disgust, verging on nausea.


Kyrie eleison

the words Kyrie eleison from the Kyriale Mass XI: Orbis Factor

From the Ancient Greek phrase Κῡ́ριε ἐλέησον (Kū́rie eléēson), from the vocative of Κῡ́ριος (Kū́rios, “Lord”) plus an inflected form (second person aorist imperative) of ἐλεέω (eleéō, “to have pity, to be merciful”).

(Ecclesiastical Latin) O Lord, have mercy! (upon us)


tere

From terve (“healthy”), from Proto-Finnic *terveh (“healthy, well”), possibly from Indo-Iranian.
Cognate with Finnish terve, Ingrian tere, Karelian terveh, Northern Sami dearvvaš, and Võro terveh.

no tere, Juhan

hello, hi (a greeting said when meeting someone or acknowledging someone’s arrival or presence)


tere

From terve (“healthy”). Akin to Estonian tere and Finnish terve.

Tere, miä oon Kolja.

O, susi! Tere, tere!

1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 29:


tere

From terve or perhaps simply from Estonian tere.


kaya

Imperative of Old Spanish callar, Inherited from Vulgar Latin *callāre, from Latin chalāre, from Ancient Greek χαλάω (khaláō).


pust

Pust, jag är helt slut


öka

From Old Swedish ø̄ka, from Old Norse auka, from Proto-Germanic *aukaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg-. Akin to English eke, Danish øge, Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌺𐌰𐌽 (aukan), Latin augeō.