amscray
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pig Latin version of scram; possibly the only Pig Latin phrase to enter common American English besides ixnay.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈæmskɹeɪ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Verb
[edit]amscray (third-person singular simple present amscrays, present participle amscraying, simple past and past participle amscrayed)
- To go away.
- Get out of here! Amscray!
- 1945, – Anne Ferring Weatherly, Two Gentleman and a Verona: A Comedy in Three Acts, page 99:
- "Brownie. (Backed to D.R.; looking from one to the other.) Sa-ay, am I interrupting anything?
Verona. (Smiling; lightly.) Yes, you are! Amscray!"
- 1978, Shirley Nelson, The Last Year of the War, page 46:
- It made her nervous. She considered wheeling on him with a glare and an icy whisper: “Amscray, Buster!”
- 1981, John Updike, Rabbit Is Rich:
- Charlie nods. “Amscray. I got some sorting out to do myself […] ”
Usage notes
[edit]Most often used in the imperative form.