methinx
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English
[edit]Pronunciation
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Contraction
[edit]methinx
- (slang, nonstandard or humorous) Eye dialect spelling of methinks.
- 1997, Roger Waters, “VEWY VEWY QUIET IN THE GREAT WHITE NORTH????”, in alt.fan.howard-stern (Usenet):
- Methinx that line in the sand has been drawn.
- 1999, croft_house, “Exiles and the Borthdi Meet.”, in uk.local.geordie (Usenet):
- Just a suggestion, but I think that GNER do a very cheap rail ticket as long as you spend the Saturday night away from London ( damm good idea methinx! ).
Usage notes
[edit]- This is a deliberately incongruous respelling of an archaic term in modern shorthand.