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{ "categories": [ "Middle English entries with incorrect language header", "Middle English lemmas", "Middle English verbs", "Pages with 2 entries", "Pages with entries" ], "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "de", "2": "en", "3": "Wayne" }, "expansion": "English Wayne", "name": "der" } ], "etymology_text": "From English Wayne, which sounds somewhat similar to German wen (“whom”, pronounced [veːn] or [ʋeːn]). The sense is derived from trick questions of the sort: „Kennst du Wayne?“ – ? – „Wayne interessiert’s.“, that is: wen interessiert's. (“Do you know Wayne?” – ? – “Wayne cares.” [= “Who cares.”]).", "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "de", "2": "interjection" }, "expansion": "wayne", "name": "head" } ], "lang": "German", "lang_code": "de", "pos": "intj", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "German entries with incorrect language header", "German interjections", "German lemmas", "German slang", "German terms derived from English", "German terms with usage examples", "Pages with 2 entries", "Pages with entries" ], "examples": [ { "bold_english_offsets": [ [ 30, 39 ] ], "bold_text_offsets": [ [ 31, 36 ] ], "english": "Helmut Schmidt is dead. — Ah, who cares.", "text": "Helmut Schmidt ist tot. — Ach, wayne.", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "who cares" ], "links": [ [ "who cares", "who cares" ] ], "qualifier": "youth slang", "raw_glosses": [ "(youth slang) who cares" ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "mir doch egal" }, { "word": "wen interessiert's" } ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/wɛɪ̯n/" }, { "ipa": "/weːn/" } ], "word": "wayne" }
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