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- abbreviation UK slang Abbreviation of
isn't it . - abbreviation UK slang Used as a replacement for any negative tag question, irrespective of
person ,number , andverb .
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Examples
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Is there another Geldof? aIntcha is a word innit???
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Originally Posted by * lisalovesmuse* aIntcha is a word innit???
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“I read and enjoyed every word innit — Nowcan I have that cigarette?!”
Praise 2010
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April 23, 2008 at 10:03 am this wun has my reel name innit!
sah nac i ?regrubzeehc - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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For non Brits: You have to understand that in England's Deep South, "... innit" serves the same non-purpose as the US "... man":
"Cab, innit.”: The funniest thing I've read in ages... zornhau 2008
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They're vague on their precise strategy for breaking the US, but as far as I can work out, it revolves around elocution lessons and not using "innit" as a lyric any more.
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Israel will come out of this with a greatly cowed hamas, who will have to explain to the populace of gaza why this was all worth while and why islamofacism as a concept is so attractive, and why no longer having a home/street/electricity whatever is just so pleasing to the master mullah maniacs in iran. this is what you anarchists are all about 'innit'
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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There is also a suggestive link with "quasi-right dislocation" 3.4.1, which leads me to speculate that increased use of the person non-specific "innit" may be associated with lower levels of subject ellipsis.
On me, me, me DC 2007
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There are quite a few blogs where people define themselves that way- free world "innit"?
Peckham murder blues, avoiding jangrover rides, Costa Book awards & EFCC wahala uknaija 2007
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You blatantly forgot 'innit' and babes too, those are 'well' important!
The English dictionary 2005: Reading University edition Minzo 2005
nicotec commented on the word innit
'Isn't It'. A phrase typically added at the end of a sentence, usually to confirm the agreement of the listener with one's statement. "You're up for another pint, innit?"
January 15, 2008
qroqqa commented on the word innit
The key thing about 'innit' is that it's invariant, like French n'est-ce pas, German nicht wahr, Italian non è vero, Turkish değil mi. In contemporary southern English English it is replacing the insanely complicated standard English construction:
I couldn't find my toothbrush, could I? / innit?
You have got a passport, haven't you? / innit?
We found it yesterday, didn't we? / innit?
She likes sushi, doesn't she? / innit?
They'll come tomorrow, won't they? / innit?
April 12, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word innit
May not be exclusively British. I first heard this phrase on the film adaptation of Sherman Alexie's "Smoke Signals"
September 19, 2009
yarb commented on the word innit
Great explanation from qroqqa, although I'm struggling to imagine the sentence "she likes sushi, innit?" ever taking wing in the England with which I'm familiar - which I suppose means I'm a snob.
August 21, 2010
bilby commented on the word innit
She hates sushi, innit?
August 21, 2010
yarb commented on the word innit
Innit!
August 21, 2010