I hear it all the time, but i don't know what it means
2007-02-05 13:12:49 · 9 answers · asked by The Ponderer 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
It's pig latin for the word "nix", which means to get rid of or reject something. Usually used with "on". For example:
"ixnay on the andycay in front of the kids"
here's the wikitionary article: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ixnay
2007-02-05 13:56:46 · answer #1 · answered by oenophiliac 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
To expand on what 'oeno...' said, 'ix-nay' is a general negative, such as 'don't'. It is pig latin for 'nix', which is a corruption of the German 'nichts', which means 'not' or 'non'. Its most famous usage was in the newspaper headline HIX NIX STIX PIX, which translates as 'People who live in rural areas don't like films that portray them as uneducated simpletons'.
2007-02-05 14:48:37 · answer #2 · answered by JelliclePat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is pig latin for nix, which means "nothing," generally. I usually hear it when someone is telling someone else to stop doing something, or to put an end to something.
2007-02-12 09:48:24 · answer #3 · answered by artsyvet 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's pig-latin for "nix." In pig latin you take the last sound off the word, put it at the begining, and add "ae" to the end of the new word. Hence:
Nix --> ixN --> ixNay
2007-02-12 07:46:55 · answer #4 · answered by Eva P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's pig-latin. Might mean don't say or delay or something like that. I really don't know for sure sure. Or maybe it means run away. Hmmmmmmmm...
2007-02-05 13:20:11 · answer #5 · answered by hen_pow99 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
um um um????
i think it means that you have a "x-nay" as if it means "x-nay" a rely tough one oh yeah like a x ray of a nee
2007-02-12 08:27:24 · answer #6 · answered by Cia 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
down with the man
2007-02-05 13:25:52 · answer #7 · answered by Dove4ever 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you spelled it wrong. it means something in pig latin.
2007-02-12 08:43:46 · answer #8 · answered by DeanB 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it basically means like "cut it out" or "Stop it"
2007-02-12 06:39:18 · answer #9 · answered by kinetic boobah 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋