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amirite

amirite is the alternative spelling of am I right.

Meaning of am I right

Phrase

am I right?

  1. (colloquial, rhetoric) Said by someone who has just stated what they consider to be an unassailable truth.
    • "Ah! So much the worse! A bitter taste it is that such poor cattle always have in their mouths, and hard lives they live, Jacques. Am I right, Jacques?"1859, Charles Dickens, “Book the First, Chapter V”, in A Tale of Two Cities, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC

Origin of amirite

From am + I + rite (“right”).

Questions about amirite

What is amirite the alternative spelling of?
Amirite is the alternative spelling of am I right.

Words near amirite in the dictionary

  1. Amirault
  2. Amiraults
  3. Amiri
  4. amiright
  5. Amiris
  6. amirite
  7. Amirkhanian
  8. Amirkhanians
  9. Amirkhanyan
  10. Amirkhanyans
  11. amirna

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