lookit
verbEtymology Nonstandard reanalysis of look at (that) as look + it.
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Pronunciation spelling Pronunciation spelling of look at.
- Hey, lookit the sissy who didn't sign up for recess baseball!1990 April 19, Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes:
lookit
intj/ˈlʊkɪt/
Etymology Nonstandard reanalysis of look at (that) as look + it.
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Canada, Ireland, US, Colloquial look, listen; see here, pay attention; the thing is, to be honest
- Ah lookit deputy, with all due respect to you, if you come in here and act like an ass that's exactly the label that you'll gain2010 May 20, Miriam Lord, quoting Dick Roche, “As asses roar it's business as usual in the chamber”, in The Irish Times:
- Lookit! I'm old enough now, I'll wear what I want!2010 September 14, Rosemary MacCabe, “MTV VMAs mark two: the young guns”, in The Irish Times, archived from the original on 13 Jun 2015:
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- Paddy said yesterday morning: "Lookit he didn't murder anybody. He is not a bad lad."2014 March 24, Paul Williams, Fionnan Sheahan, Sam Griffin, “Mum tells gardai how drunk TD sent lewd message to schoolgirl”, in Irish Independent:
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Canada, US, Colloquial behold!; look at that; look here or there; look!
- He went right on cackling, "Lookit lookit lookit. Oh Jesus, lookit. Lookit lookit." The blast had shattered all the windows, and flames were shooting out of all of them.2010, Anel Viz, Fairies in the Bottom of the Garden, page 18: