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mox nix en · ADJ

An alteration of German macht nichts (“doesn't matter”) that originated among American soldiers stationed in Germany after World War II.

(dated, not-comparable, slang) unimportant, irrelevant
- If you don't have time to do this don't worry about it because it's mox nix to me (mox nicht—makes no difference). 1947, H. W. Kale, “Letter of July 5, 1947”, in Mark William Falzini, editor, Letters Home: The Story of an American Military Family in Occupied Germany 1946–1949, published 2004, →ISBN, page 99:
- Mox nix to me if you cover for him. 2006, William P. Singley, Bragg, →ISBN, page 81:
- Frankly it's mox-nix to me. 2004, Kenneth Stiers, The Rapanui Code, →ISBN, page 49:

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mox-nix		alternative	lexicographic

An alteration of German macht nichts (“doesn't matter”) that originated among American soldiers stationed in Germany after World War II.

(dated, slang) it doesn't matter; no worries
- No, I get it. Small matter. Mox nix. 2005, James Carroll, Secret Father: A Novel, →ISBN, page 264:
- I thought it resembled me more than Hartwick but mox nix—it was ours. 2011, Ritch Gaiti, Tweet: One Guy Can't Change the World—Good Thing that Glebe Didn't Know That, →ISBN, page 73:
- When they want to do something, they do it! Whether we've funded it, whether we'll support it—mox nix. They do it! 1969, Creighton Abrams, “1969”, in Lewis Sorley, editor, Vietnam Chronicles: The Abrams Tapes, 1968–1972, published 2004, →ISBN, page 330:

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mox-nix		alternative	lexicographic