English Explanatory Dictionary

nah mean

English dictionary entry

Meanings

intj
  1. Contraction of do you know what I mean?.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

nah mean nah ah mean

Etymology

A contraction of knowwhaddamean, itself a contraction of do you know what I mean; from *kno’ what Ah mean, an AAVE variant, which became *kno’ wha’ ah mean > *kno’ ’a’ ah mean, then finally *kna’ ah mean, which is spelled nah ah mean or nah mean, the former of which represents the actual pronunciation more faithfully, but is less commonly used (especially so by AAVE speakers themselves, who prefer the latter form). Equivalent to kn[ow] [wh]a[t] Ah mean.

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