Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
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.
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ix-nay | alternative | lexicographic |
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.
"Ixnay on the ay-geth...way! I'm only 'out' to my closest friends! It can't get back to my family!"2007 January 29, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Monday, Jan 29, 2007:
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!1995 May 7, Mark Kirkland, “The Springfield Connection”, in The Simpsons, season 6, episode 23, production code 2F21:
Voice, ixnay on the estioning-quay of Iery-fay Ecretary-say!2022 July 15, DRWolf001, “TF2 Analysis: New Opportunities Part 2”, in YouTube, spoken by Thespio:
Ixnay on the "W-A-L-K" while the dogs can hear you.
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ix-nay | alternative | lexicographic |
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.
TRUMP'S MEDIA BUBBLE COLLAPSES: Fox News struggles to ixnay the Epsteinway.2025 July 22, “MSNBC”, in YouTube:
If I wasn't so bored out of my mind, I would have ixnayed that idea.2009, Kathleen Kaska, Murder at the Arlington, Salvo Press, →ISBN:
あ た 龍さん 密輸だの腹切るだの 物騒2026 January 14 [2025 January 14], Kousuke Oono, chapter 27, in Amanda Haley, transl., Way of the Househusband, volume 15, VIZ Media, translation of 極主夫道 [Gokushufudō] (in Japanese), →ISBN, page 8:
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.2013, Gervich Chad, How to Manage Your Agent: A Writer’s Guide to Hollywood Representation, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 295:
You didn't want to ask for a handout—you have a vague memory of him ixnaying advances when you signed your contract—but you don't have much choice.2015, Angelina Mirabella, The Sweetheart: A Novel, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 158:
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ix-nay | alternative | lexicographic | |
| ixnays | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| ixnaying | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| ixnayed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| ixnayed | Tense=Past | lexicographic |