Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

/ay

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.61 in modern English

Syllables: /ay
IPA

5

Scrabble Score

2

Letters

1

Syllables

2

Unique Chars

Meaning

symbol

Denotes that the preceding statement was meant to be directed at someone.

Etymology

From / + abbreviation of at you, using the tone indicator format of slash-prefixing set by the earlier /s (“sarcasm”).

Questions

What does /ay mean?: Denotes that the preceding statement was meant to be directed at someone.
Where does /ay come from?: From / + abbreviation of at you, using the tone indicator format of slash-prefixing set by the earlier /s (“sarcasm”).

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