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<negative third person singular> Chiefly American Colloquial Contraction
A single word that is equivalent to other words such as:
1) Am not
2) Are not
3) Is not
==> Most likely originated in the Southern States of America as it flows easily with their accent but has now been used in many places around the world.
A single word that is equivalent to other words such as:
1) Am not
2) Are not
3) Is not
==> Most likely originated in the Southern States of America as it flows easily with their accent but has now been used in many places around the world.
by Stuart Fletcher January 29, 2005
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Short for "am not" and for nothing else – not even "is not", for "it ain't" would just be "it am not". The only correct use is "I ain't" which is a contraction of "I am not". So, don't say e.g. "you ain't" which would only mean "you am not".
Clinique: "Let 'im go, he didn't do nothing!"
TyRone: "I ain't done nothing! I ain't done no nothing!"
LaKeisha: "You bastards, let us go! I ain't done none!"
Barackeisha: "You let 'em go!! They's ain't have done nothing! They ain't have done none!"
TyRone: "I ain't done nothing! I ain't done no nothing!"
LaKeisha: "You bastards, let us go! I ain't done none!"
Barackeisha: "You let 'em go!! They's ain't have done nothing! They ain't have done none!"
by Burt Milhorse Eriksson April 11, 2021