Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ixnay

/ˈɪks(ˌ)neɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.26 in modern English

Syllables: ix-nay
IPA: /ˈɪks(ˌ)neɪ/

15

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

intj

No.

Slang

noun

Nothing; nix; often in the phrase "ixnay on ...", indicating something that must not be mentioned, often in Pig Latin

Slang; Uncountable

verb

To reject or cancel something; nix.

Slang; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Ixnay on the "W-A-L-K" while the dogs can hear you."
"Homer Simpson: Being a cop husband is one mighty sweet deal. This police radio entertains me with other people's miseries, we get a free funeral for Marge (god forbid), and I can run background checks on whomever I want . . . Mohammar. Moe Szyslak: Homer, please, please! Ixnay on the ohammar-May!"
""Ixnay on the ay-geth...way! I'm only 'out' to my closest friends! It can't get back to my family!""
"Voice, ixnay on the estioning-quay of Iery-fay Ecretary-say!"
"If I wasn't so bored out of my mind, I would have ixnayed that idea."
"Personally, I'd rather feel momentarily bummed when my agent ixnays a two-paragraph idea than totally crushed when she ixnays a 110-page screenplay it took six months to perfect."

Etymology

Pig Latin version of nix; possibly the only Pig Latin word to enter common American English besides amscray and igpay. Ixnay and amscray were used widely in The Three Stooges shorts and The Flintstones episodes, possibly the main sources of popularity for the words.

Usage

Inflected Forms

ix-nay (alternative) ixnays (present, singular) ixnaying (participle, present) ixnayed (participle, past) ixnayed (past)

Frequently Paired Words

nix XNAY

Questions

How do you pronounce ixnay?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɪks(ˌ)neɪ/.
What does ixnay mean?: No.
Where does ixnay come from?: Pig Latin version of nix; possibly the only Pig Latin word to enter common American English besides amscray and igpay. Ixnay and amscray were used widely in The Three Stooges shorts and The Flintstones episodes, possibly the main sources of popularity for the words.

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