amscray
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Pig Latin version of scram; possibly the only Pig Latin phrase to enter common American English besides ixnay.
[edit] Verb
amscray
- To go away. Most often used in the imperative form.
- Get out of here! Amscray!
- 1978 -- Shirley Nelson: The Last Year of the War [1] (page 46)
- It made her nervous. She considered wheeling on him with a glare and an icy whisper: "Amscray, Buster!"
- 1981 -- John Updike: Rabbit is Rich
- Charlie nods. "Amscray. I got some sorting out to do myself.[...]"
