ner

An interjection generally used when gloating about a perceived cause of humiliation or inferiority for the person being addressed, often when disagreeing with a statement considered incorrect or irrelevant.

Interjection

  1. An interjection generally used when gloating about a perceived cause of humiliation or inferiority for the person being addressed, often when disagreeing with a statement considered incorrect or irrelevant.
    • You're wrong, so ner!
    • I don't care what you think, so ner!
    • I've got more sweets than you. Ner ner ner ner ner!

Origin

Formed by onomatopoeia. The extended form is neener.

Derived

Emphatic form of ner — pronounced nɜː nɜː nə nɜː nɜː and sung spoken with the rhythm: crotchet dotted quaver semiquaver crotchet crotchet. Spelling is not canonical alternatives are . ner ner ner ner ner