dot dot dot
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]A reference to the ellipsis (…).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]dot dot dot (plural dot dot dots)
- (colloquial) An ellipsis.
- 2001 October 29, Matt Lane, “Making a Recordset Field Cut short with dot dot dot! Help !”, in macromedia.ultradev[2] (Usenet), message-ID <B802F5BA.25E0%mlane@thefoundationdesign.com>:
- [the words dot dot dot are in the title]
How do I make a recordset field which may be cut short like on a search engine so it only displays a certain ammount of characters and then ends ...?
Interjection
[edit]- (colloquial) As if adding an ellipsis in the middle of speech, indicates a pause, an omission or an unfinished thought.
- Let me read this part of the note for the court reporter: "Either meet my demands or dot dot dot.".
- 2013, "Lawnmower Dog", season 1, episode 2 of Rick and Morty
- [Rick and Morty survived being killed inside Mr. Goldenfold and found their house crowded with robot-armored dogs.]
- Morty: What the Hell?
- Rick: Out of the frying pan, dot, dot, dot, huh, Morty?