nope out
English edit
Etymology edit
21st century. From the idea of saying nope and getting out; compare bow out (v.i.), peace out (v.i.), and laugh away (v.t.), which illustrate similar metonymic formation of a troponym.
Verb edit
nope out (third-person singular simple present nopes out, present participle noping out, simple past and past participle noped out)
- (intransitive, slang, Canada, US) To leave a place or abandon a situation or activity, usually quickly, because of feelings of fear or disgust.
- noped outta there real quick
- 2016, Joshua Causer, A Slacker's Road Map of The Universe:
- Van got a really bad feeling in the pit of his stomach, Dallas was right, he should have 'noped-out' of the whole situation. Such thoughts were simply moot at this stage however.
- 2018, Zoe York, Love on the Outskirts of Town:
- She felt a flash of guilt about that, but it went away when he talked about working ninety-hour weeks now that he was trying to make partner. It wasn't her job to bend her life around his. And he'd noped out of hers as soon as she'd told him she was pregnant.