Meanings
- InternetUsed to indicate that the speaker does not like something they have seen or heard.
Eww, spiders...DO NOT WANT!
Synonyms: DNW, kill it with fire
Synonyms & antonyms
phraseUsed to indicate that the speaker does not like something they have seen or heard.
Origin
From a badly translated Chinese bootleg copy of Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith titled Star War The Third Gathers: The Backstroke of the West. The original cry "Noooooooo" was translated into Chinese as 不要 (bùyào, “not want”), and then back into the English subtitles as "do not want".
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
do not want. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/do%20not%20want
“do not want.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/do%20not%20want. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “do not want,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/do%20not%20want.
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