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单词 innit
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innitint.

Etymology: Contracted < isn't it (see be v. Forms 2c(v)(b)(i)).
nonstandard.
As a tag question: ‘Isn't it?’.
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1959 M. Gilbert Blood & Judgement i. 17 That's right, innit?
1962 N. Marsh Hand in Glove iv. 105 Dead right, innit?
1965 Guardian 3 Apr. 6/3 It's some place to go innit?
1973 J. Wainwright Touch of Malice 56 That's a bloody good reason, innit?

Draft additions July 2009

British and Welsh English. As a tag question following declarative statements, inviting agreement, approval, etc. (equivalent to ‘aren't you’, ‘isn't he’, ‘wasn't I’, etc.). Also in weakened use, as a filler. Cf. be v. Phrases 2f(b).Frequently associated with the speech of young British Asians.
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1973 J. G. Wolff Lang., Brain & Hearing iii. 39 Many Welsh people..say and accept as correct, such expressions as..‘Shall we go out, is it?’, or even: ‘Like you know innit see, me mother, see, do always like tell me to do the washing up, innit see?’
1986 R. Hewitt White Talk Black Talk ii. 76 That was years ago, innit, when Black Power was out an' everybody was standin' up for their rights.
1991 H. Kureishi London kills Me 8 I like fresh air, innit.
1992 R. Graef Living Dangerously iv. 117 I've just got to get off my arse one day innit?
2001 B. Rai (Un)arranged Marriage xxix. 231 ‘Chill out, bredren, innit,’ he said in a high-pitched voice.
2003 Smash Hits! 12 Nov. 48/1 I definitely wouldn't snog her—she's a mum, innit?
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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