Naw
//nɔ// intj, slang
intj, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Intj
- 1 No. informal
""Naw, no trouble. Just pulled off the road for about ten minutes, maybe, when a couple of Nip fighters banked overhead. They were after something or other." "Is that right?" Mac replied."
- 2 Pronunciation spelling of not. Jamaica, alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
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More examples""Naw, no trouble. Just pulled off the road for about ten minutes, maybe, when a couple of Nip fighters banked overhead. They were after something or other." "Is that right?" Mac replied."
Etymology
In Scottish use, from Scots naw, naa, na, from Middle English na, from Old English nā (“no, never”). More generally, a colloquial, unarticulated form of no; compare nah. More at no.
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