igitt

(Anglès)

an exclamation of disgust: yuck!, ew!, phew!, ugh!

Freqüència

C1
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/iˈɡɪt/
Etimologia (Anglès)

19th century, of northern German origin. Probably a minced oath/veiled use of a phrase like o Gott (“oh God!”), compare oh God. Or, an extended form of (the presumably imitative) ih (“ew, yuck; sound of disgust”), possibly influenced by the former.

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