amscray
English
Etymology
Pig Latin version of scram; possibly the only Pig Latin phrase to enter common American English besides ixnay.
Verb
amscray (third-person singular simple present amscrays, present participle amscraying, simple past and past participle amscrayed)
- To go away.
- Get out of here! Amscray! [1945]
- 1945 – Anne Ferring Weatherly: Two Gentleman and a Verona: A Comedy in Three Acts, p. 99
- "Brownie. (Backed to D.R.; looking from one to the other.) Sa-ay, am I interrupting anything?
Verona. (Smiling; lightly.) Yes, you are! Amscray!"
- "Brownie. (Backed to D.R.; looking from one to the other.) Sa-ay, am I interrupting anything?
- 1978 – Shirley Nelson: The Last Year of the War (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 […] ”
Usage notes
Most often used in the imperative form.
Synonyms
- scram