no way Jose
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Uncertain. Probably invented for the rhyme. First attested in 1978.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
no way Jose (not comparable)
Usage notes[edit]
- Used an intensified form of no in refusal or denial.
Synonyms[edit]
- I don't think so
- never in a month of Sundays
- not in a million years
- not on your life
- not on your nelly
- when pigs fly
- when Hell freezes over
Antonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
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Further reading[edit]
- Jonathon Green (2024) “no way!”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang