ixnay
/ˈɪksneɪ
/US informal
exclamation (ixnay on/to)
Used in rejecting something specified: ixnay to corporate control!...
- Well, the couple is fighting back saying ixnay on those rumors.
- I just want to 2nd the ixnay on cutesy text messages… uh… and baking cookies together.
verb [with object]
Cancel or stop: the group has ixnayed the rest of its North American tour...
- The execs ixnayed the female first mate from the pilot, and he basically smuggled Nichelle Nicholls in under his coat, only mentioning offhand he was ‘going to add a little colour’ to the bridge crew.
- Though President Bush ixnayed that idea, Wilkinson is still optimistic.
- Yeah, i ixnayed the home-made dough and substituted a 2-pack of prepackaged stuff... pretty decent so far.
Origin
1920s: pig Latin for nix1.