Category:English negative polarity items

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Newest pages ordered by last category link update:
  1. goddamn
  2. put the toothpaste back in the tube
  3. arsed
  4. fuck
  5. alone
  6. stand
  7. unsee
  8. anywhere near
  9. give a crap
  10. need
Oldest pages ordered by last edit:
  1. couldn't happen to a nicer
  2. uncalled-for
  3. no brainer
  4. teach grandma how to suck eggs
  5. brain surgery
  6. nothing to sneeze at
  7. not have a bean
  8. not cricket
  9. no skin off one's back
  10. not be caught dead

English terms that are chiefly or always used with a negation.

These are the opposite of positive polarity items; see Category:English positive polarity items. See also Polarity items on Wikipedia.Wikipedia


Pages in category "English negative polarity items"

The following 200 pages are in this category, out of 350 total.

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