we'ren't

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English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Contraction[edit]

we'ren't

  1. Misconstruction of weren't.
    • 1993 September 14, CXMP, “LNH: Descent Chapter 1”, in rec.arts.comics.misc[1] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-13:
      _This isn't working_, the Cascader thought. _I must try a different approach_. "You were killed once yourself, we'ren't you?"
    • 1998 June 10, Eric, “Re- Quebec Independence”, in qc.politique[2] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-13:
      Anyway, how did the French come to Canada? I've heard stories and they don't exactly make your roots admirable.We'ren't you sent here? from France? as undesirables? That's what a Francophone told me. ( though he may have been full of it...said he was taught that in highschool but that no one liked to talk about it here...no kidding)
    • 2000 December 20, Bahas, “Hammerdins Maybe we'ren't nerfed”, in alt.games.diablo[3] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-13:
      Nerfing Pallies we'ren't mentioned in the patch text....could it be just a new bug that surfaced after the patch...like the durability bug or the horadic cube bug?
    • 2001 July 9, Shawna-Chan X, “[OW!] Boring talking and mistrust.”, in alt.fan.sailor-moon[4] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-13:
      "I sure hope so... Hey! We'ren't you the one spying on us and attacking Z-kun and accusing him of being evil?!" Shawna said. "Yeesh."
    • 2002 October 15, Charlie, “Need advice re: sewing machine”, in alt.sewing[5] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-13:
      I understand what goes into a Textiles class. A friend previously studies Textiles and Fashion Design. They we'ren't allowed to be on the course unless they could sew!

Etymology 2[edit]

Blend of we're +‎ aren't. Equivalent to we're +‎ -n't.

Contraction[edit]

we'ren't

  1. (rare, nonstandard) Contraction of we are not.
    • 1993 November 25, M. ElRabaa, “Questions about Shi'ites”, in soc.religion.islam[6] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-13:
      I'd like to remind you and myself, we'ren't doing this to win or loose an insult or lying match, we're suppose to be doing this to reach the truth, may Allah guid us to it ...
    • 1998 October 19, lav...@ibm.net, “No”, in alc.suicide[7] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-13:
      that's okay !! I was wondering !! you don't have to be that rude to people to express yourself !! I have the right to tell you what I think (me, in a nicer way but ...we'ren't all the same obviously !) .
    • 2000 December 18, Anne Packrat, “Single Parents in Anime”, in rec.arts.anime.misc[8] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-13:
      Well, we'ren't really sure where he his, (I have my own theories on the subject) but Ash's mom is raising the boy alone. Now about raising him well... that is open to interpretation.