Who Or What Is A "Neener"???
Glenn P.,
mother's used the term in an E-Mail, neither one of us knows
what it means, and we don't care to confess our ignorance.
Does anyone know what the word means? (It was used as a noun.)
Thanks in advance...
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>
> Can anyone here tell me what a "Neener" is???
>
They're generally found in threes...
Derek Janssen
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Tink
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> Can anyone here tell me what a "Neener" is??? A friend of my
> mother's used the term in an E-Mail, neither one of us knows
> what it means, and we don't care to confess our ignorance.
>
> Does anyone know what the word means? (It was used as a noun.)
It's one version of the universal 'thumbing your nose at someone verbally'
things. You know, "nyah, nyah, nyah!" or "neener neener neener" or " nah nah
nah nah nah" or any other of what is likely a whole bunch of regional
variants. Like itsy bitsy versus eensy weensy spider.
Tink
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> "Glenn P.," <C128...@FVI.Net> wrote in message
> news:Pine.LNX.4.44.02110...@Oswego.FoxValley.net...
> > Can anyone here tell me what a "Neener" is??? A friend of my
> > mother's used the term in an E-Mail, neither one of us knows
> > what it means, and we don't care to confess our ignorance.
> >
> > Does anyone know what the word means? (It was used as a noun.)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Right. I missed that bit. Must mean something else, then.
Tink
H Schinske
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> Can anyone here tell me what a "Neener" is??? A friend of my
> mother's used the term in an E-Mail, neither one of us knows
> what it means, and we don't care to confess our ignorance.
What was the context?
--Helen
Mike Williams
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Yup - that-s my understanding of it too.
Patricia J. Hawkins
GP,> Can anyone here tell me what a "Neener" is??? A friend of my
GP,> mother's used the term in an E-Mail, neither one of us knows
GP,> what it means, and we don't care to confess our ignorance.
GP,> Does anyone know what the word means? (It was used as a noun.)
I suspect that one who goes "neener, neener, neener" either is a
Neener, or performs a Neener.
But I can't say I've encountered it.
--
Patricia J. Hawkins
Glenn P.,
wrote:
>> Does anyone know what the word means? (It was used as a noun.)
> It's one version of the universal 'thumbing your nose at someone verbally'
> things. You know, "nyah, nyah, nyah!" or "neener neener neener" or " nah
> nah nah nah nah" or any other of what is likely a whole bunch of regional
> variants.
That doesn't QUITE fit the "noun" requirement, though; it was used, jestingly,
as a personal noun, e.g., "You are such a neener!".
"You are such a nyah nyah nyah" just doesn't seem a reasonable translation,
if you understand what I'm saying...
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Glenn P.,
>> Can anyone here tell me what a "Neener" is??? A friend of my
>> mother's used the term in an E-Mail, neither one of us knows
>> what it means, and we don't care to confess our ignorance.
> What was the context?
It was used jestingly, as a personal noun; e.g., "You are such a
neener!". Any ideas?
Mike Williams
> On Fri., 01-Nov-2002, at 10:02pm GMT, "Tink" <ti...@shadnet.shad.ca>
> wrote:
>
> >> Does anyone know what the word means? (It was used as a noun.)
>
> > It's one version of the universal 'thumbing your nose at someone
> verbally' > things. You know, "nyah, nyah, nyah!" or "neener neener
> neener" or " nah > nah nah nah nah" or any other of what is likely a
> whole bunch of regional > variants.
>
> That doesn't QUITE fit the "noun" requirement, though; it was used,
> jestingly, as a personal noun, e.g., "You are such a neener!".
>
with kids' lingo then you realise you've passed into fuddy-duddy-dom.
Welcome one and all.
Glenn P.,
>> Can anyone here tell me what a "Neener" is??? A friend of my
>> mother's used the term in an E-Mail, neither one of us knows
>> what it means, and we don't care to confess our ignorance.
>> Does anyone know what the word means? (It was used as a noun.)
O.K., I've managed to locate the original sentence:
:> "If you look up 'neener' in Webster's New World Dictionary,
:> there's a picture of YOU. So there. Neener."
We don't HAVE Webster's New World Dictionary (and since "Webster's"
is now a generic name, the title doesn't help much anyway!); can
anyone help...?
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sjt
wrote:
->O.K., I've managed to locate the original sentence:
->
-> :> "If you look up 'neener' in Webster's New World Dictionary,
-> :> there's a picture of YOU. So there. Neener."
OK Glenn, I'd say that makes it pretty clear. It's the
"neener-neener-neener" meaning that others have already posited. That
fits just fine with this sentence!
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judi
could also use the word "silly" or "handsome" and it would fit fine. and the
second usage is clearly the "nyah nyah nyah" definition.
i'd say neener but that would be silly.
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kiss me if i was leaving
hold me 'cause i'm lonely without you
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