Informal negative replies
Nopes is the plural of nope, an informal way of saying no.
It often appears in contexts where someone is listing rejections or refusals: That's a lot of nopes on this survey.
In internet slang, nopes can refer to things that provoke an emphatic "nope"—typically creepy or disturbing images: That spider video is full of nopes.
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Informal negative replies
Nopes is the plural of nope, an informal way of saying no.
It often appears in contexts where someone is listing rejections or refusals: That's a lot of nopes on this survey.
In internet slang, nopes can refer to things that provoke an emphatic "nope"—typically creepy or disturbing images: That spider video is full of nopes.
1. rejection — refusal, Act of declining; decline (Decrease or refuse); veto (Official refusal to approve); denial (Refusal to accept reality); turndown · rebuff · nix · thumbs-down · pass · shutout · brush-off · cold-shoulder · dismissal · rebuke
2. slang — nah, Casual negative reply; nuh-uh (Informal emphatic negation); negative (Opposite of affirmative); ixnay (Slangy veto); pass · skip
AFFIRMATION VS. REFUSALnopes ≠ yeps Slangy assents; yesses · yups · yeses · affirmations · yeahs
ENGAGEMENT VS. AVOIDANCEnopes ≠ embraces Holds lovingly, or adopts; dives in · goes for it · commits · engages · accepts
nope out (Informal sudden withdrawal)
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Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/nopes