innit
by Last Chancer on Oct 23, 2006 09:40:15
Contraction of 'isn't it' which has been used in London for about 40 years
ATLEAST. (so stop attibuting it to
all sorts of wierd groups of people like for example chavs) Used at the end of sentances in the same was as eh?, right? or you-get-me?
innit
by hux on May 23, 2003 11:45:57
1. (
British slang, esp. Asian, i.e. Indian,
Pakistani, etc.)
Contraction of "isn't it", "isn't he/she", "aren't they", "isn't there" and many other end-of-sentence questions. For greatest effect use in places where it would make no sense whatsoever if
expanded.
2. General positive exclamation meaning "yes, I agree!"
Example:
1. "Hey
dere's some pigs in dat
cop car over there innit?"
"Yo look at my new car innit!"
2. Raj: "Da Matrix is to'ally cool!"
Nisha: "Innit!"
innit
by Rambo on Aug 21, 2003 22:11:50
A
derivative of "is it not", or more directly "
isn't it". Often used at the end of a statement or word to give it emphasis, and simultaneously invite
agreement.
innit
by Cohones on Sep 29, 2005 22:20:59
Abreviation of isn't it (Is it not)
"
Innit" is put at the end of a question or statement meaning either:
-
Do you agree?
or
- Are you following me/Do you understand?
"Innit has classically been added at the end of a sentence that contains the verb "to be", as "ISn't it" obviously refers back to a
conjugation of the this verb. (See example 1.)
These days though, "
innit" can be used eventhough the verb in the main sentence is not a form of "to be". (See example 2)
innit
by chav-hater on Dec 11, 2004 01:21:26
Derives from
the chav/townie/pikey sub-culture, but falsely over-labbeled on the British Asian Communities. Innit is a shortened version of is it not, in context, it would be "is it not?" which we can see is a question due to the required
question mark and change in the pitch of the voice to indicate a question is being asked. Chavs, however, due to their lack of education (zero
GCSEs) and ignorance towards learning English at school because "i already speaks it, innit", tend to, more often than not, use the term innit when a statement has been used, rather than a question.
Example:
Linguists and scientists have studied
chav language and have determined the following:
1) they have tried to invent their own language
2) this is because they do
no understand standard English
3) they use their "pikey-speak" to communicate with other like chavs
4) they speak in a pattern:
5) (noun), (obscene word), (verb), (subject), (innit)!
6) the pattern of speech repeats itself
7) the order may be altered according to IQ of the chav
innit
by Pedanta on May 20, 2006 05:38:52
A universal "tag question" to replace all the others (isn't it, doesn't it, wasn't it, weren't they, aren't we wouldn't you, etc) and about bloody time too! While the French have
n'est-ce pas and the Germans nicht
wahr, we have all these different tags that make English that much more difficult to learn as a second language. What a pity it has been stigmatised by the antichav brigade ie a bunch of snobs with a trendy
new hat for their class prejudices.
innit
by Gabbbzzz on Jan 28, 2009 02:54:48
Word used by chavs/pikeys/townies/
muggers and of course the 15 year old teenage boy, walking through the baby section in mothercare.
Means "isn't it" well
thet's the theory. Of course it's general usage is for "yes, i agree!" or "That's exactly what that
private school kid said to me!"
Example:
1: ey man! that kid'as all ova' me!
2:
ya mon, da kid is
noots!
1: Innit blad 'e was so like in ya face 'n' all dat
2: ya mon, an'e knows dat he He' well bangt up for it lata!
1: innit man
dat woman's got an 'an'bag!
2: roon!