| "Huh-uh!" |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Mar 2026 |
| "I reckon not" |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Feb 2026 |
| "Huh-uh" |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Feb 2026 |
| Slangy refusal |
New York Times |
30 Oct 2025 |
| Folksy thumbs-down |
New York Times Mini |
04 Oct 2025 |
| "Heck ___!" |
New York Times Mini |
18 Sep 2025 |
| Informal refusal |
Newsday |
27 Jul 2025 |
| Slangy turndown |
|
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| "Uh-uh" |
LA Times Daily |
04 Jun 2025 |
| "Huh-uh" |
USA Today |
12 May 2025 |
| Casual denial |
LA Times Daily |
15 Apr 2025 |
| Casual "no" |
Commuter |
19 Mar 2025 |
| Rural denial |
Premier Sunday |
16 Mar 2025 |
| "Uh-uh" |
Commuter |
12 Feb 2025 |
| Rustic "no" |
Commuter |
04 Feb 2025 |
| Opposite of "yep" |
Universal |
02 Feb 2025 |
| Slangy refusal (rhymes with "paw") |
|
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| "Yep" opposite |
LA Times Daily |
06 Jan 2025 |
| Slangy turndown |
|
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| Slangy refusal |
Newsday |
19 Nov 2024 |
| Slangy refusal |
|
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| "Uh-uh" |
Universal |
29 Oct 2024 |
| Slangy denial |
Eugene Sheffer |
10 Oct 2024 |
| Slangy denial |
Thomas Joseph |
26 Sep 2024 |
| "I don't wanna" |
LA Times Daily |
15 Sep 2024 |
| "Nope" |
Universal |
13 Sep 2024 |
| Opposite of ''Yep!'' |
Family Time |
09 Sep 2024 |
| Backwoods denial |
New York Times |
26 Aug 2024 |
| "Don't think so, cowpoke" |
Universal |
05 Jul 2024 |
| "Uh-uh" |
LA Times Daily |
25 May 2024 |
| Informal denial |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Apr 2024 |
| "Uh-uh, pardner" |
|
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| Slangy denial |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Jan 2024 |
| Slangy turndown |
|
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| "Yup" opposite |
LA Times Daily |
01 Dec 2023 |
| Slangy denial |
Eugene Sheffer |
17 Nov 2023 |
| "Don't reckon so" |
LA Times Daily |
10 Nov 2023 |
| 'Uh-uh' |
USA Today |
27 Aug 2023 |
| Slangy denial |
|
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| Casual denial |
LA Times Daily |
19 Jul 2023 |
| "Nope" |
Universal |
04 May 2023 |
| Slangy refusal |
|
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| "I reckon not" |
Universal |
28 Feb 2023 |
| Slangy denial |
|
|
| 'Ain't no way' |
USA Today |
10 Feb 2023 |
| Slangy denial |
Eugene Sheffer |
02 Jan 2023 |
| Slangy refusal |
|
|
| Slangy refusal |
|
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| Opposite of "yep" |
LA Times Daily |
26 Sep 2022 |
| Slangy denial |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Sep 2022 |
| "Uh-uh" |
Universal |
18 Sep 2022 |
| 'Don't reckon so' |
New York Times |
14 Jul 2022 |
| Opposite of yep |
New York Times |
13 Jul 2022 |
| "Uh-uh" |
Universal |
18 May 2022 |
| Sticks nix |
New York Times |
30 Apr 2022 |
| Slangy denial |
|
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| Slangy refusal |
|
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| 'Uh-uh' |
USA Today |
31 Jan 2022 |
| Opposite of "yep" |
Universal |
01 Nov 2021 |
| Casual "no" |
|
|
| Nonstandard negative |
Newsday |
30 May 2021 |
| Rural turndown |
LA Times Daily |
02 May 2021 |
| Rural turndown |
|
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| Slangy turndown |
|
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| 'Thanks anyway, pardner' |
New York Times |
23 Jan 2021 |
| Rural refusal |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Dec 2020 |
| Rural regrets |
|
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| Rural regrets |
LA Times Daily |
22 Nov 2020 |
| “Huh-uh” |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Oct 2020 |
| Slangy refusal on a ranch |
|
|
| Slangy denial |
Thomas Joseph |
07 Sep 2020 |
| Rural refusal |
Premier Sunday |
09 Aug 2020 |
| Rustic refusal |
Newsday |
18 Jun 2020 |
| Rustic denial |
Premier Sunday |
31 May 2020 |
| “Uh-uh!” |
Wall Street Journal |
30 May 2020 |
| Slangy refusal |
|
|
| Rural refusal |
|
|
| Nix in the sticks |
|
|
| "Nope" |
|
|
| 'Nope' |
New York Times |
22 Dec 2019 |
| Opposite of 23-Across |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Sep 2019 |
| Slangy refusal |
|
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| 'Yup' opposite |
Thomas Joseph |
20 Aug 2019 |
| Informal "no" (Scottish slang) |
|
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| Super-casual "no" |
|
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| Slangy refusal (rhymes with "raw") |
|
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| Rustic denial |
|
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| Backwoods denial |
Premier Sunday |
17 Mar 2019 |
| 'Uh-uh' |
New York Times |
06 Mar 2019 |
| Rural turndown |
|
|
| Opposite of 23-Across |
|
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| "Uh-uh" |
|
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| "Uh-uh" |
|
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| 'Fuhgeddaboudit!' |
New York Times |
09 Dec 2018 |
| Casual rejection |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Nov 2018 |
| ''Aw __, it would be so wrong'' (2013 country song lyric) |
Newsday |
03 Nov 2018 |
| Opposite of 'yep' |
|
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| Opposite of "yep" |
LA Times Daily |
09 Oct 2018 |
| 'Yup' opposite |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Oct 2018 |
| Casual denial |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Jul 2018 |
| "Nope" kin |
Universal |
03 Jul 2018 |
| 10-Across, informally |
|
|
| Rural turndown |
New York Times |
10 Jun 2018 |
| Backwoods turndown |
New York Times |
26 Apr 2018 |
| "Fuhgeddaboudit!" |
|
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| "Nope" kin |
|
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| Opposite of "yep" |
|
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| Casual rejection |
|
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| "Yup" opposite |
|
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| Casual denial |
|
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| Rural turndown |
|
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| Backwoods turndown |
|
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| Slangy turndown |
|
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| Hillbilly's negative |
|
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| "Absolutely nope" |
Universal |
18 Nov 2017 |
| Hillbilly negative |
|
|
| Slangy "no," rhymes with 49a |
|
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| Hillbilly's rejection |
|
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| Folksy denial |
USA Today |
08 Aug 2017 |
| 'Aw, hell ___!' |
|
|
| 'That ain't right' |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Jul 2017 |
| How a hillbilly would say "no" |
|
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| Opposite of "Yeah!" |
Universal |
18 May 2017 |
| Opposite of 'yup' |
Thomas Joseph |
01 May 2017 |
| 'Huh-uh' |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Feb 2017 |
| Opposite of "Yeah!" |
|
|
| Folksy denial |
|
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| "Absolutely nope" |
|
|
| 'Don't think so!' |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Nov 2016 |
| Rustic denial |
New York Times |
05 Oct 2016 |
| 'Uh-uh,' rural-style |
Premier Sunday |
24 Jul 2016 |
| Opposite of 'yup' |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Jul 2016 |
| Slangy turndown |
USA Today |
21 Jun 2016 |
| Denial, in dialect |
USA Today |
15 May 2016 |
| Slangy refusal |
|
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| Denial, in dialect |
|
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| Slangy turndown |
|
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| Rustic denial |
|
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| 'Don't reckon so' |
|
|
| Opposite of 'Yer durn tootin'!' |
New York Times |
03 Nov 2015 |
| Rural 'uh-uh' |
Premier Sunday |
17 May 2015 |
| Backwoods refusal |
Newsday |
10 May 2015 |
| Rural denial |
Premier Sunday |
04 Jan 2015 |
| Opposite of "Yer durn tootin'!" |
|
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| Backwoods refusal |
|
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| Apt rhyme for "pshaw" |
|
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| Folksy negative |
|
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| Rural denial |
|
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| Rural 'uh-uh' |
|
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| "Pass" |
|
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| Opposite of "Yep!" |
|
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| Slangy refusal |
|
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| "Fuggedaboutit!" |
|
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| Folksy denial |
|
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| Folksy negative |
|
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| "Don't reckon so" |
|
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| Sticks refusal |
|
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| Hick's nix |
|
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| Sticks nix |
|
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| "I reckon not" |
|
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| "Ain't for me" |
|
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| "Don't reckon so" |
|
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| Hillbilly negative |
|
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| Backwoods 'uh-uh' |
|
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| Folksy negative |
|
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| Backwoods negative |
|
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| "Yup" opposite |
|
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| Slangy refusal |
|
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| "I ain't doin' that!" |
|
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| Rural refusal |
|
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| "I'm thinkin' not" |
|
|
| "I ain't doin' that!" |
|
|
| Dogpatch denial |
|
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| "I'm thinkin' not" |
|
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| Informal refusal |
|
|
| "I don't rightly reckon so" |
|
|
| Slangy denial |
|
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| Rural refusal |
|
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| Slangy denial |
|
|
| Refusal from Li'l Abner |
|
|
| "I ain' gonna!" |
|
|
| "I don't reckon so" |
|
|
| 54-Across's opposite |
|
|
| "Uh-uh" |
|
|
| "I don't reckon so" |
|
|
| Nonstandard negative |
|
|
| Dogpatch denial |
|
|
| "I reckon not" |
|
|
| Slangy turndown |
|
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| Rural rejection |
|
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| "I reckon not" |
|
|
| Dogpatch denial |
|
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| Backwoods refusal |
|
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| Rural negative |
|
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| Rural denial |
|
|
| Rube's refusal |
|
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| Rube's refusal |
|
|
| Backwoods "uh-uh" |
|
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| "Yep" negator |
|
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| Slangy refusal |
|
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| Rural refusal |
|
|
| Hick's turndown |
|
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| Hick's turndown |
|
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| Rustic refusal |
|
|
| Backwoods "uh-uh" |
|
|
| "Yeah" rejoinder |
|
|
| Slangy denial |
|
|
| Dogpatch denial |
|
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| Slangy denial |
|
|
| Dogpatch demurral |
|
|
| Backwoods refusal |
|
|
| Slangy refusal |
|
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| Backwoods denial |
|
|
| Nix in the sticks |
|
|
| Slangy refusal |
|
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| Backwoods denial |
|
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| Rural refusal |
|
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| Slangy refusal |
|
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| Hillbilly rejection |
|
|
| Bumpkin's negative |
|
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| See 9 Down |
|
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| No, slangily |
|
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| Yup's opposite |
|
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| Slangy negative |
|
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| Hillbilly's negative |
|
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| Bumpkin's negative |
|
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| "Yup" rejoinder |
|
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| Yup's opposite |
|
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| Slangy turndown |
|
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| Informal refusal |
|
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| Backwoods denial |
|
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| Slangy negative |
|
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| Rural refusal |
|
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| Slangy refusal |
|
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| Slangy negative |
|
|
| Antonym of Cooperish response |
|
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| Slangy negative |
|
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| "Yeah" antonym |
|
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| Slangy denial |
|
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| Hillbilly's rejection |
|
|
| Antonym of "yeah" |
|
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| "Uh-uh" |
|
|
| Slangy denial |
|
|
| Slangy refusal |
|
|
| "I'm agin it!" |
|
|
| Turndown, down in the holler |
|
|
| Pappy's turndown |
|
|
| Slangy denial |
|
|
| Down-home denial |
|
|
| "yeah" opposite |
|
|
| Bumpkin's refusal |
|
|
| "Nope" |
|
|
| "No sirree" |
|
|
| Slangy turndown |
|
|
| Forget it! |
|
|
| Absolutely not |
|
|
| Slangy negative |
|
|
| Cowboy's refusal |
|
|
| Slangy refusal. |
|
|
| "T'aint" |
|
|
| "I'll pass" |
|
|
| "Unh-uh" |
|
|
| Sticks turndown |
|
|
| "C'mon, you're kidding, right?" |
|
|
| Hillbilly's negative. |
|
|
| Slangy negative. |
|
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| Slangy denial. |
|
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| "Ain't for me" |
|
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