"-ne" meaning in English

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Suffix

IPA: /ni/
Etymology: Clipping of acne. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|acne}} Clipping of acne Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -ne, {{en-suffix}} -ne
  1. (informal) Designating acne located on a particular part of the body. Tags: informal, morpheme
    Sense id: en--ne-en-suffix-ONv1rmHS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "text": "back + -ne → bacne/backne",
          "type": "example"
        },
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          "text": "boob + -ne → boobne",
          "type": "example"
        },
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          "text": "butt + -ne → buttne",
          "type": "example"
        },
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          "ref": "2008, Marisa C. Weiss, Isabel Friedman, Taking Care of Your \"Girls\": A Breast Health Guide for Girls, Teens, and In-Betweens, New York, N.Y.: Three Rivers Press, page 63",
          "text": "Yeast infections are different from acne (or \"rackne\").",
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        {
          "ref": "2012, Heather Rutman, The Girl's Guide to Depravity: How to Get Laid Without Getting Screwed, Philadelphia, P.A., London: Running Press, page 79",
          "text": "It's so refreshing to be with a guy who actually wants to be seen with you in the daytime that you convince yourself you can ignore the busted grille, the acne, backne, and chestne, or the fact that YOU normally wouldn't want to be seen with HIM in the daytime if you weren't so tired/desperate/horny. But resist.",
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          "ref": "2014, Lena Dunham, Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's \"Learned\", New York, N.Y.: Random House, page 104",
          "text": "It's fucking weird. Yes, it's just a job, but most people's jobs don't consist of slamming your vagina against the flaccid, nylon-wrapped penis of a guy wearing massive amounts of foundation to conceal his assne.",
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          "ref": "2016, Robert Wilder, Nickel, Santa Fe, N.N.: Leaf Storm Press, page 250",
          "text": "I know this sounds ghey, but he had the sad eyes of someone all the girls once loved before puberty took a huge hairy dump on him. Now he had a big Abomination body, a fivehead, robot jaw, clown feet, and acne. I didn't look, but probably backne and neckne too.",
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          "ref": "2019 March 6, Carolyn Twersky, “Say \"See Ya Bye\" to Body Acne with These Helpful Tips”, in Seventeen, New York, N.Y.: Hearst Digital Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-08-15",
          "text": "Bodne tends to be more inflammatory (think: big red bumps or cysts instead of just blackheads), making it challenging for drugstore creams to clear everything up on their own—especially with severe breakouts. Also, your body is a much larger area compared to your face.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 October 24, Lauren Balsamo, “The Holy Grail Acne Awards: 50 Game-Changing Products, Tools, and Treatments for Clearer Skin”, in Cosmopolitan, New York, N.Y.: Hearst Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-01-27",
          "text": "Upgrade your below-the-chin skincare routine with these zit-zapping favorites. Bacne and bodne, be gone.",
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        "(informal) Designating acne located on a particular part of the body."
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          "text": "back + -ne → bacne/backne",
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        },
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          "text": "boob + -ne → boobne",
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        },
        {
          "text": "butt + -ne → buttne",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Marisa C. Weiss, Isabel Friedman, Taking Care of Your \"Girls\": A Breast Health Guide for Girls, Teens, and In-Betweens, New York, N.Y.: Three Rivers Press, page 63",
          "text": "Yeast infections are different from acne (or \"rackne\").",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Heather Rutman, The Girl's Guide to Depravity: How to Get Laid Without Getting Screwed, Philadelphia, P.A., London: Running Press, page 79",
          "text": "It's so refreshing to be with a guy who actually wants to be seen with you in the daytime that you convince yourself you can ignore the busted grille, the acne, backne, and chestne, or the fact that YOU normally wouldn't want to be seen with HIM in the daytime if you weren't so tired/desperate/horny. But resist.",
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        {
          "ref": "2014, Lena Dunham, Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's \"Learned\", New York, N.Y.: Random House, page 104",
          "text": "It's fucking weird. Yes, it's just a job, but most people's jobs don't consist of slamming your vagina against the flaccid, nylon-wrapped penis of a guy wearing massive amounts of foundation to conceal his assne.",
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        },
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          "ref": "2016, Robert Wilder, Nickel, Santa Fe, N.N.: Leaf Storm Press, page 250",
          "text": "I know this sounds ghey, but he had the sad eyes of someone all the girls once loved before puberty took a huge hairy dump on him. Now he had a big Abomination body, a fivehead, robot jaw, clown feet, and acne. I didn't look, but probably backne and neckne too.",
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          "text": "Bodne tends to be more inflammatory (think: big red bumps or cysts instead of just blackheads), making it challenging for drugstore creams to clear everything up on their own—especially with severe breakouts. Also, your body is a much larger area compared to your face.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 October 24, Lauren Balsamo, “The Holy Grail Acne Awards: 50 Game-Changing Products, Tools, and Treatments for Clearer Skin”, in Cosmopolitan, New York, N.Y.: Hearst Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-01-27",
          "text": "Upgrade your below-the-chin skincare routine with these zit-zapping favorites. Bacne and bodne, be gone.",
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