Meanings
nopes1
- colloquialNo.
Nopes. That's not property. The CD is property.
2006 June 30, Rui Miguel Silva Seabra, “Wallace case FAQ for dummies v1.0”, in gnu.misc.discuss (Usenet)2 more examples
Now, if someone I disagreed with, and that I wanted to discredit posted a statement that the distance of the Earth from the Sun is 50,000 miles, I wouldn't say. nopes, that's not it, you're wrong. I'd say, it's about 93,000,000 miles dipshit.
1992 October 8, Phil Ronzone, “The Mother of All Flame Wars, Part 2 of 4”, in ba.politics (Usenet)> > Ys, my killfiles on him works flawlessly. > > Where "flawlessly" means "you read his messages anyway." Nopes, where flawlessly means "without flaw".
2007 February 22, Sandman, “He just can't get me off his mind”, in comp.sys.mac.advocacy (Usenet)
nopes2
- pluralplural of nope
- indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of nope
Origin
nopes · noun, verb
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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