... Not! - Revision history

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	One of the earliest uses was in the ''[[Princeton Tiger]]'' (March 30, 1893) 103: "An Historical Parallel-- Not." In 1905, it was used in the comic strip ''[[Dream of the Rarebit Fiend]]'' by [[Winsor McCay]]. A 1918 instance was "I am darn sorry not to be able to help you out with the News Letter, but in me you have a fund of information—NOT."<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Telluride\|date=10 April 1918\|title=Letter from W. D. Whitney, Yale Reserve Officers' Training Corps, New Haven, Conn., March 13, 1918.\|url=https://www.tellurideassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/04_8_1918_April.pdf\|journal=Telluride News Letter\|volume=4\|issue=8 \|pages=12\|access-date=27 June 2019}}</ref>		One of the earliest uses was in the ''[[Princeton Tiger]]'' (March 30, 1893) 103: "An Historical Parallel-- Not." In 1905, it was used in the comic strip ''[[Dream of the Rarebit Fiend]]'' by [[Winsor McCay]]. A 1918 instance was "I am darn sorry not to be able to help you out with the News Letter, but in me you have a fund of information—NOT."<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Telluride\|date=10 April 1918\|title=Letter from W. D. Whitney, Yale Reserve Officers' Training Corps, New Haven, Conn., March 13, 1918.\|url=https://www.tellurideassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/04_8_1918_April.pdf\|journal=Telluride News Letter\|volume=4\|issue=8 \|pages=12\|access-date=27 June 2019}}</ref>

	Popularized in North America in the 1990s by the~~{{Huh\|date=March 2024}}~~ ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' sketch and subsequent film ''[[Wayne's World (film)\|Wayne's World]],'' "not" was selected as the 1992 [[Word of the Year]] by the [[American Dialect Society]].		Popularized in North America in the 1990s by the ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' sketch and subsequent film ''[[Wayne's World (film)\|Wayne's World]],''<ref>{{cite journal\|author=Jesse T. Sheidlower\|author2=Jonathan E. Lighter\|title=A Recent Coinage (Not!)\|journal=American Speech\|volume=68\|number=2\|date=Summer 1993\|pages=213–218\|doi=10.2307/455678\|jstor=455678}}</ref> "not" was selected as the 1992 [[Word of the Year]] by the [[American Dialect Society]].

	The "Not!" catchphrase was the basis of a scene in the 2006 film ''[[Borat]]'', in which a lecturer in humour attempted to explain the grammatical construction to [[Borat Sagdiyev]] with limited success.		The "Not!" catchphrase was the basis of a scene in the 2006 film ''[[Borat]]'', in which a lecturer in humour attempted to explain the grammatical construction to [[Borat Sagdiyev]] with limited success.
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	*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120112135806/http://alt-usage-english.org/excerpts/fxpostfi.html Postfix Not! in English]		*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120112135806/http://alt-usage-english.org/excerpts/fxpostfi.html Postfix Not! in English]
	*{{cite web \|date=January 13, 1993 \|url=http://www.americandialect.org/index.php/amerdial/1992_words_of_the_year/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060615064316/http://www.americandialect.org/index.php/amerdial/1992_words_of_the_year/\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=June 15, 2006\|publisher=American Dialect Society\|title=1992 Words of the Year}}		*{{cite web \|date=January 13, 1993 \|url=http://www.americandialect.org/index.php/amerdial/1992_words_of_the_year/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060615064316/http://www.americandialect.org/index.php/amerdial/1992_words_of_the_year/\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=June 15, 2006\|publisher=American Dialect Society\|title=1992 Words of the Year}}
	*{{cite journal\|author=Jesse T. Sheidlower\|author2=Jonathan E. Lighter\|title=A Recent Coinage (Not!)\|journal=American Speech\|volume=68\|number=2\|date=Summer 1993\|pages=213–218\|doi=10.2307/455678\|jstor=455678}}
	*{{cite news\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/08/magazine/on-language-not.html\|title=On Language; Not!\|date=March 8, 1992\|last=Safire\|first=William\|author-link=William Safire\|newspaper=The New York Times Magazine\|page=20}}		*{{cite news\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/08/magazine/on-language-not.html\|title=On Language; Not!\|date=March 8, 1992\|last=Safire\|first=William\|author-link=William Safire\|newspaper=The New York Times Magazine\|page=20}}

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	'''... Not!''' is a [[grammatical construction]] in the [[English language]] used as a [[function word]] to make negative a group of words or a word.<ref>{{Cite web \| url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not \|title = Definition of NOT}}</ref> It became a [[sardonic]] [[catchphrase]] in North America and elsewhere in the 1990s. A [[Sentence (linguistics)\|declarative statement]] is made, followed by a pause, and then an emphatic "not!" adverb is postfixed. The result is a surprise [[negation (linguistics)\|negation]] of the original declarative statement.		'''... Not!''' is a [[grammatical construction]] in the [[English language]] used as a [[function word]] to make negative a group of words or a word.<ref>{{Cite web \| url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not \|title = Definition of NOT}}</ref> It became a [[sardonic]] [[catchphrase]] in North America and elsewhere in the 1990s. A [[Sentence (linguistics)\|declarative statement]] is made, followed by a pause, and then an emphatic "not!" adverb is postfixed. The result is a surprise [[negation (linguistics)\|negation]] of the original declarative statement.

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	'''... Not!''' ~~(1935)~~ is a [[grammatical construction]] in the [[English language]] used as a [[function word]] to make negative a group of words or a word.<ref>{{Cite web \| url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not \|title = Definition of NOT}}</ref> It became a [[sardonic]] [[catchphrase]] in North America and elsewhere in the 1990s. A [[Sentence (linguistics)\|declarative statement]] is made, followed by a pause, and then an emphatic "not!" adverb is postfixed. The result is a surprise [[negation (linguistics)\|negation]] of the original declarative statement.		'''... Not!''' is a [[grammatical construction]] in the [[English language]] used as a [[function word]] to make negative a group of words or a word.<ref>{{Cite web \| url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not \|title = Definition of NOT}}</ref> It became a [[sardonic]] [[catchphrase]] in North America and elsewhere in the 1990s. A [[Sentence (linguistics)\|declarative statement]] is made, followed by a pause, and then an emphatic "not!" adverb is postfixed. The result is a surprise [[negation (linguistics)\|negation]] of the original declarative statement.

	According to the above, the phrase, "He is a nice guy... not!" is [[synonym]]ous to "He is not a nice guy". Whereas the latter structure is a neutral observation, the former expresses rather an annoyance, and is most often used jocularly.		According to the above, the phrase, "He is a nice guy... not!" is [[synonym]]ous to "He is not a nice guy". Whereas the latter structure is a neutral observation, the former expresses rather an annoyance, and is most often used jocularly.

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	According to the above, the phrase, "He is a nice guy... not!" is [[synonym]]ous to "He is not a nice guy". Whereas the latter structure is a neutral observation, the former expresses rather an annoyance, and is most often used jocularly.		According to the above, the phrase, "He is a nice guy... not!" is [[synonym]]ous to "He is not a nice guy". Whereas the latter structure is a neutral observation, the former expresses rather an annoyance, and is most often used jocularly.

	One of the earliest uses was in the ''[[Princeton Tiger]]'' (March 30, 1893) 103: "An Historical Parallel-- Not." In 1905, it was used in the comic strip ''[[Dream of the Rarebit Fiend]]'' by [[Winsor McCay]]. A 1918 instance was "I am darn sorry not to be able to help you out with the News Letter, but in me you have a fund of information—NOT."<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Telluride\|date=10 April 1918\|title=Letter from W. D. Whitney, Yale Reserve Officers' Training Corps, New Haven, Conn., March 13, 1918.\|url=https://www.tellurideassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/04_8_1918_April.pdf\|journal=Telluride News Letter\|volume=4:8\|pages=12\|access-date=27 June 2019}}</ref>		One of the earliest uses was in the ''[[Princeton Tiger]]'' (March 30, 1893) 103: "An Historical Parallel-- Not." In 1905, it was used in the comic strip ''[[Dream of the Rarebit Fiend]]'' by [[Winsor McCay]]. A 1918 instance was "I am darn sorry not to be able to help you out with the News Letter, but in me you have a fund of information—NOT."<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Telluride\|date=10 April 1918\|title=Letter from W. D. Whitney, Yale Reserve Officers' Training Corps, New Haven, Conn., March 13, 1918.\|url=https://www.tellurideassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/04_8_1918_April.pdf\|journal=Telluride News Letter\|volume=4\|issue=8 \|pages=12\|access-date=27 June 2019}}</ref>

	Popularized in North America in the 1990s by the{{Huh\|date=March 2024}} ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' sketch and subsequent film ''[[Wayne's World (film)\|Wayne's World]],'' "not" was selected as the 1992 [[Word of the Year]] by the [[American Dialect Society]].		Popularized in North America in the 1990s by the{{Huh\|date=March 2024}} ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' sketch and subsequent film ''[[Wayne's World (film)\|Wayne's World]],'' "not" was selected as the 1992 [[Word of the Year]] by the [[American Dialect Society]].

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	One of the earliest uses was in the ''[[Princeton Tiger]]'' (March 30, 1893) 103: "An Historical Parallel-- Not." In 1905, it was used in the comic strip ''[[Dream of the Rarebit Fiend]]'' by [[Winsor McCay]]. A 1918 instance was "I am darn sorry not to be able to help you out with the News Letter, but in me you have a fund of information—NOT."<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Telluride\|date=10 April 1918\|title=Letter from W. D. Whitney, Yale Reserve Officers' Training Corps, New Haven, Conn., March 13, 1918.\|url=https://www.tellurideassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/04_8_1918_April.pdf\|journal=Telluride News Letter\|volume=4:8\|pages=12\|access-date=27 June 2019}}</ref>		One of the earliest uses was in the ''[[Princeton Tiger]]'' (March 30, 1893) 103: "An Historical Parallel-- Not." In 1905, it was used in the comic strip ''[[Dream of the Rarebit Fiend]]'' by [[Winsor McCay]]. A 1918 instance was "I am darn sorry not to be able to help you out with the News Letter, but in me you have a fund of information—NOT."<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Telluride\|date=10 April 1918\|title=Letter from W. D. Whitney, Yale Reserve Officers' Training Corps, New Haven, Conn., March 13, 1918.\|url=https://www.tellurideassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/04_8_1918_April.pdf\|journal=Telluride News Letter\|volume=4:8\|pages=12\|access-date=27 June 2019}}</ref>

	Popularized in North America in the 1990s by the{{Huh}} ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' sketch and subsequent film ''[[Wayne's World (film)\|Wayne's World]],'' "not" was selected as the 1992 [[Word of the Year]] by the [[American Dialect Society]].		Popularized in North America in the 1990s by the{{Huh\|date=March 2024}} ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' sketch and subsequent film ''[[Wayne's World (film)\|Wayne's World]],'' "not" was selected as the 1992 [[Word of the Year]] by the [[American Dialect Society]].

	The "Not!" catchphrase was the basis of a scene in the 2006 film ''[[Borat]]'', in which a lecturer in humour attempted to explain the grammatical construction to [[Borat Sagdiyev]] with limited success.		The "Not!" catchphrase was the basis of a scene in the 2006 film ''[[Borat]]'', in which a lecturer in humour attempted to explain the grammatical construction to [[Borat Sagdiyev]] with limited success.

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	One of the earliest uses was in the ''[[Princeton Tiger]]'' (March 30, 1893) 103: "An Historical Parallel-- Not." In 1905, it was used in the comic strip ''[[Dream of the Rarebit Fiend]]'' by [[Winsor McCay]]. A 1918 instance was "I am darn sorry not to be able to help you out with the News Letter, but in me you have a fund of information—NOT."<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Telluride\|date=10 April 1918\|title=Letter from W. D. Whitney, Yale Reserve Officers' Training Corps, New Haven, Conn., March 13, 1918.\|url=https://www.tellurideassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/04_8_1918_April.pdf\|journal=Telluride News Letter\|volume=4:8\|pages=12\|access-date=27 June 2019}}</ref>		One of the earliest uses was in the ''[[Princeton Tiger]]'' (March 30, 1893) 103: "An Historical Parallel-- Not." In 1905, it was used in the comic strip ''[[Dream of the Rarebit Fiend]]'' by [[Winsor McCay]]. A 1918 instance was "I am darn sorry not to be able to help you out with the News Letter, but in me you have a fund of information—NOT."<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Telluride\|date=10 April 1918\|title=Letter from W. D. Whitney, Yale Reserve Officers' Training Corps, New Haven, Conn., March 13, 1918.\|url=https://www.tellurideassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/04_8_1918_April.pdf\|journal=Telluride News Letter\|volume=4:8\|pages=12\|access-date=27 June 2019}}</ref>

	Popularized in North America in the 1990s by the ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' sketch and subsequent film ''[[Wayne's World (film)\|Wayne's World]],'' "not" was selected as the 1992 [[Word of the Year]] by the [[American Dialect Society]].		Popularized in North America in the 1990s by the{{Huh}} ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' sketch and subsequent film ''[[Wayne's World (film)\|Wayne's World]],'' "not" was selected as the 1992 [[Word of the Year]] by the [[American Dialect Society]].

	The "Not!" catchphrase was the basis of a scene in the 2006 film ''[[Borat]]'', in which a lecturer in humour attempted to explain the grammatical construction to [[Borat Sagdiyev]] with limited success.		The "Not!" catchphrase was the basis of a scene in the 2006 film ''[[Borat]]'', in which a lecturer in humour attempted to explain the grammatical construction to [[Borat Sagdiyev]] with limited success.

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	Popularized in North America in the 1990s by the ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' sketch and subsequent film ''[[Wayne's World (film)\|Wayne's World]],'' "not" was selected as the 1992 [[Word of the Year]] by the [[American Dialect Society]].		Popularized in North America in the 1990s by the ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' sketch and subsequent film ''[[Wayne's World (film)\|Wayne's World]],'' "not" was selected as the 1992 [[Word of the Year]] by the [[American Dialect Society]].

	The "Not!" catchphrase was the basis of a scene in the 2006 film ''[[Borat]]'', ~~where~~ a lecturer in humour attempted to explain the grammatical construction to [[Borat Sagdiyev]] with limited success.		The "Not!" catchphrase was the basis of a scene in the 2006 film ''[[Borat]]'', in which a lecturer in humour attempted to explain the grammatical construction to [[Borat Sagdiyev]] with limited success.

	==See also==		==See also==

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	'''... Not!''' is a [[grammatical construction]] in the [[English language]] used as a [[function word]] to make negative a group of words or a word.<ref>{{Cite web \| url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not \|title = Definition of NOT}}</ref> It became a [[sardonic]] [[catchphrase]] in North America and elsewhere in the 1990s. A [[Sentence (linguistics)\|declarative statement]] is made, followed by a pause, and then an emphatic "not!" adverb is postfixed. The result is a surprise [[negation (linguistics)\|negation]] of the original declarative statement.		'''... Not!''' is a [[grammatical construction]] in the [[English language]] used as a [[function word]] to make negative a group of words or a word.<ref>{{Cite web \| url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not \|title = Definition of NOT}}</ref> It became a [[sardonic]] [[catchphrase]] in North America and elsewhere in the 1990s. A [[Sentence (linguistics)\|declarative statement]] is made, followed by a pause, and then an emphatic "not!" adverb is postfixed. The result is a surprise [[negation (linguistics)\|negation]] of the original declarative statement.