amscray
verb/ˈæmskɹeɪ/
Etymology Pig Latin version of scram; possibly the only Pig Latin word to enter common American English besides ixnay.
1
To go away.
- Get out of here! Amscray!
- "Brownie. (Backed to D.R.; looking from one to the other.) Sa-ay, am I interrupting anything? Verona. (Smiling; lightly.) Yes, you are! Amscray!"1945, – Anne Ferring Weatherly, Two Gentleman and a Verona: A Comedy in Three Acts, page 99:
2 more examples
- It made her nervous. She considered wheeling on him with a glare and an icy whisper: “Amscray, Buster!”1978, Shirley Nelson, The Last Year of the War, page 46:
- Charlie nods. “Amscray. I got some sorting out to do myself […]”1981, John Updike, Rabbit Is Rich:
- Synonyms
- scram