nyah
intj/ˈnja/
Etymology From Japanese にゃあ.
nyah
intj/ˈnjæ/
Etymology Uncertain. Assertions of its universality among children regardless of culture or parent tongue are likely false.
1
Expressing smug triumph.
- When the waves didn't catch me, I would laugh and sing out, "Nyah, nyah, nyah!"1993, Ted Andrews, Enchantment of the faerie realm, page 74:
- Yankee fans have been saying, Nyah, nyah, I told you so, since the news was revealed in The New York Times.2009 August 7, George Vecsey, “On Big Day for Bronx, Cheating Is Nonissue”, in New York Times:
- Derived terms
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