Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

/ij

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.61 in modern English

Syllables: /ij
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

2

Letters

1

Syllables

2

Unique Chars

Meaning

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Denotes that the preceding statement is an inside joke.

Example Sentences

"who wants to do the steal books at 3am challenge with me /ij"

Etymology

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

Questions

What does /ij mean?: Denotes that the preceding statement is an inside joke.
Where does /ij come from?: From / + abbreviation of inside joke, using the tone indicator format of slash-prefixing set by the earlier /s (“sarcasm”).

How to pronounce /ij

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