methinx

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methinx

  1. (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

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  • This is a deliberately incongruous respelling of an archaic term in modern shorthand.