kanigget
English
Alternative forms
- kaniggit, knigget, kniggit
Etymology
Written representation of a spelling pronunciation of knight. From the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, in which French soldiers taunt the English knights in broken English.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kəˈnɪɡət/
Noun
kanigget (plural kaniggets)
- (humorous) knight
- (humorous) Used as a general insult.
References
- John Cleese as Guard (1975) Monty Python and the Holy Grail: “You don't frighten us, English pig-dogs! Go and boil your bottoms, sons of a silly person. I blow my nose at you, so-called Arthur-king, you and all your silly English kaniggets. Thppppt!”