| Schoolyard comeback |
Wall Street Journal |
21 May 2026 |
| Playground retort |
Universal |
01 May 2026 |
| Recess retort |
The Atlantic |
12 Apr 2026 |
| "Am so!" retort |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Mar 2026 |
| "Am so!" retort |
Universal |
12 Mar 2026 |
| "We __ alone" |
LA Times Daily |
04 Jan 2026 |
| "Am so!" reply |
Newsday |
09 Dec 2025 |
| "Am too!" reply |
Newsday |
14 Sep 2025 |
| Pair of words that are usually contracted |
New York Times |
11 Sep 2025 |
| "Things __ what they seem" |
Newsday |
29 Aug 2025 |
| "Am too!" comeback |
USA Today |
19 May 2025 |
| "We __ amused" (2 wds.) |
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| "You ___ Alone" (Mavis Staples album) |
USA Today |
15 Dec 2024 |
| Playground retort |
USA Today |
11 Dec 2024 |
| Playground argument retort |
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| Playground retort |
Universal |
24 Sep 2024 |
| "Things __ what they seem" (2 wds.) |
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| Playground reply to "Am too!" |
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| "Am too!" reply |
Newsday |
19 May 2024 |
| "...the skies __ cloudy all day" (2 wds.) |
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| "We __ amused" (Queen Victoria) |
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| "We __ amused" |
LA Times Daily |
17 Oct 2023 |
| Childish denial |
LA Times Daily |
11 Aug 2023 |
| Cry of denial |
New York Times |
19 Apr 2023 |
| Commonly contracted two-word phrase |
New York Times |
09 Apr 2023 |
| Playground retort |
New York Times |
08 Feb 2023 |
| One side of a playground argument |
New York Times |
05 Oct 2022 |
| ''We __ amused'' |
Newsday |
04 Apr 2022 |
| Longer 'ain't' |
USA Today |
14 Dec 2021 |
| Ain't using proper language? |
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| Ain't using proper language? |
LA Times Daily |
22 Sep 2021 |
| Playground taunt |
Universal |
11 Aug 2021 |
| Ain't, formally |
USA Today |
19 Jul 2021 |
| Playground crack? |
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| Playground crack? |
LA Times Daily |
13 Jun 2021 |
| Kid's retort |
LA Times Daily |
15 Apr 2021 |
| Kid's retort |
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| Childish denial |
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| Childish denial |
LA Times Daily |
19 Feb 2021 |
| Playground denial |
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| Playground denial |
LA Times Daily |
14 Feb 2021 |
| Schoolyard denial |
New York Times |
27 Jan 2021 |
| "We __ alone" |
LA Times Daily |
08 Jan 2021 |
| 'We __ alone' |
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| Retort to ''Am too!'' |
Newsday |
16 Dec 2020 |
| Childish denial |
New York Times |
20 Nov 2020 |
| Retort to "Am so!" |
Premier Sunday |
31 May 2020 |
| Response to 'Am so!' |
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| ''We __ amused'' |
Newsday |
14 Jun 2019 |
| Childish comeback |
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| Childish comeback |
LA Times Daily |
14 May 2019 |
| Playground comeback |
New York Times |
31 Mar 2019 |
| Childish comeback |
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| Playground comeback |
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| ''Am so!'' reply |
Newsday |
28 Nov 2017 |
| Brief comeback |
New York Times |
25 Nov 2017 |
| 'Am too!' retort |
Premier Sunday |
02 Jul 2017 |
| Reply to 'Am so!' |
Premier Sunday |
16 Apr 2017 |
| Cry of denial |
New York Times |
25 Mar 2017 |
| "Nope!" |
LA Times Daily |
21 Jan 2017 |
| Cry of denial |
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| Brief comeback |
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| Schoolyard comeback |
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| Playground rejoinder |
New York Times |
26 Nov 2016 |
| Playground retort |
Wall Street Journal |
12 May 2016 |
| Playground rejoinder |
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| "Am too!" counter |
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| Words before and after "Am too!" |
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| "We ___ amused" |
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| "We __ put into this world to sit still": Woodrow Wilson |
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| Childish retort |
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| Playground retort |
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| "We __ amused" |
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| Childish retort |
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| 'Am so!' retort |
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| "Am too!" reply |
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| Playground comeback |
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| Childish retort |
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| Childish retort |
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| "Am too!" retort |
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| "Am too!" reply |
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| "Am too!" retort |
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| "Am too!" reply |
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| Recess riposte |
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| Response to 'Am so!' |
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| Schoolyard comeback |
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| Playground retort |
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| Rejoinder to "Am, too!" |
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| "Am too!" retort |
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| "Am too!" comeback |
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| Playground retort |
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| Retort to "Am too!" |
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| We-alone link |
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| Retort to 'Am so!' |
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| Childish retort |
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| We-alone link |
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| "We __ amused!" |
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| "We __ amused" |
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| Response to "Am too!" |
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| Ain't the right way? |
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| Rebuttal to "Am so!" |
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| Rebuttal to "Am so!" |
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| Childish denial |
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| Playground retort |
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| Rejoinder to "Am too!" |
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| Playground retort |
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| "Am too!" rejoinder |
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| Kid's comeback |
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| Schoolyard comeback |
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| Reply to "Am too!" |
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| Kid's rebuttal |
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| Playground retort |
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| Comeback to 6-Down |
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| Childish rejoinder |
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| Schoolyard retort |
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| Playground rejoinder |
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| "Am too!" rejoinder |
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| Playground retort |
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| Kid's rebuttal |
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| Retort to "Am too!" |
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| Rejoinder to "Am, too!" |
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| "Am too!" rejoinder |
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| Response to "Am too!" |
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| Childish retort |
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| "We __ alone!" |
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| "Am so!" comeback |
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| "We __ alone!" |
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| "You ___ Alone" (Michael Jackson hit): 2 wds. |
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| Playground retort |
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| "We __ amused" |
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| Reply to "Am too!" |
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| Playground comeback |
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| Without being |
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| "-- my days few?": Job |
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| Retort to "Am too!" |
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| Fail to be |
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| "Am too!" response |
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| All ____ alike! |
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| Reply to "Am too!" |
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| "We ___ amused": Victoria |
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| "We ___ amused": Queen Victoria |
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| "We ___ amused" |
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| "Men ___ angels": Browning |
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| "And things ___ what . . . " |
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| "We ___ Alone" |
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| "Men ___ angels." |
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| "Things ___ what they seem" |
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| "We ___ amused." |
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| Kid's comeback |
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| "Things___ what they seem." |
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| " . . . things ___ what they seem" |
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