appaz

English

Etymology

From apparently +‎ -z. Compare soz (“sorry”) and tomoz (“tomorrow”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈpæz/

Adverb

appaz (not comparable)

1. (UK, colloquial) Abbreviation of apparently.
   • 2014 September 23, Catherine Bennett, “It’s this totes must-read, kind of the new Mantel except minus communism”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian‎^[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-09-06:

     Well appaz Andy (!) Marr's novel is this totes must-read, kind of the new Mantel except minus communism & way more hilair?

   • 2016, Sarah Meyrick, Knowing Anna, London: Marylebone House, →ISBN, page 151:

     'Yeah, except one awful time she'd used, like, washable ink for her notes. Like, one of those fountain pens you used in the old days? And the highlighter pen dissolved the writing underneath. Appaz Mum went ballistic.'

   • 2017, Ross Welford, What Not to Do if You Turn Invisible, London: HarperCollins Children's Books, →ISBN, page 194:

     […] One story I heard is that it's the ghost of some kid who drowned in Culvercot Bay, like, thirty years ago.' ¶ 'Really? That happened?' ¶ 'Appaz. […]

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: näemmä (not slang)
• French: askip (fr)
• Polish: podobno (pl) (not slang)

Anagrams

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