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I can't

I can't interjection: indicating that one is overwhelmed with a situation, due to it being extremely hilarious, emotional, frustrating, etc.

Interjection

  1. (often, slang) Indicating that one is overwhelmed with a situation, due to it being extremely hilarious, emotional, frustrating, etc.
    • jan "did you see her facebook status? she wrote about how she's so hot and everyone wants her" / karen "ugh i cant bro"2010 December 8, “i cant”, in Urban Dictionary, archived from the original on 19 Jan 2012
    • Nutjob holds a gun up to Terry’s head, lowers it, and tells a spooky story about the evil fire’s guided missile powers. According to Nutjob, it’s because one of the Iraqi civilian women put an Ifrit curse on them before they killed her, which Terry confirms with a flashback. Ugh, I can’t with this...2012 July 9, Molly Lambert, “True Blood Season 5, Episode 5: ‘Let’s Boot and Rally’”, in Grantland, archived from the original on 22 Jan 2014
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see I, can't.

Questions about I can't

What does I can't mean?
I can't means indicating that one is overwhelmed with a situation, due to it being extremely hilarious, emotional, frustrating, etc.
What part of speech is I can't?
I can't is an interjection.

Words near I can't in the dictionary

  1. I beg your pardon
  2. I beg your pudding
  3. I believe you, thousands wouldn't
  4. I came, I saw, I conquered
  5. I can tell you
  6. I can't
  7. I can't find my ...
  8. I can't hear you over the sound of
  9. I can't lie
  10. I can't remember the last time
  11. I can't swim

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