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end of en · INTJ

Pronunciation

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  • /ˌɛnd ˈɒv/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Meanings

  1. (UK, abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, ellipsis, idiomatic) Ellipsis of end of story.
    • ‘I came round here to try and help you.’ ‘But no one in here is looking for your help, Keisha! This is it! I ain't looking for you, end of.’ 2012, Zadie Smith, NW, London: Penguin Books, published 2013, →ISBN, page 261:
    • I decided, right then and there, after he’d been cracked in the head by his mother’s platter of carefully prepared gefilte fish, that not only did it look outwardly like I had the crazy goin’ on, but people were now getting hurt because of me. So end of. 2009, Dakota Cassidy, chapter 1, in Kiss & Hell, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Sensation, →ISBN, page 13:
    • End of, stop sulking / Get out, you're walkin' / Too bad, I've spoken / But when I look at you you're forgiven 1997, “Drop Dead Gorgeous”, performed by Republica:
    • Boris Johnson, never one to fuss about detail, does not realise that without a deal there will be no implementation period. No withdrawal agreement means just that—no agreement. Just out. End of. But as both contenders now consider no deal a serious option, we need to be 100% honest about the implications[.] 2019 July 3, Baroness Smith of Basildon,, “Brexit: Appointment of Joint Committee”, in parliamentary debates (House of Lords), volume 798, column 1445:
    • But if you search up a list of news stories on the subject over the years you find, as with the climate crisis, an overwhelming consensus: alcohol is really quite bad for you, end of. 2023 June 14, Adrian Chiles, “Drinking alcohol is bad for you – end of. Ignore the headlines that claim otherwise”, in The Guardian, →ISSN: