…and lots of other things, especially when used online. I discovered the flexibility of this term when reading Sentence First, the blog of an Irish scientist and linguist who has fascinating things to say about the English language.
Nope out can mean “wimp out, especially in a gaming context, or just flee or get the hell away without implying cowardice or timidity.”
Here’s some other examples Stan Carey has come up with:
VERB
The firefighter just calmly noped away.
I noped so much that I quickly tried to change to the next page
ADJECTIVE
I can’t even express how nope this is
Very poisonous. Very beautiful. Very nope.
NOUN
For the sea is dark and full of nopes.
The level of nope is too damn high!
Keeping up with contemporary use of slang can be very useful for writers, but it always makes me feel like Marje…
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