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mox nix

US/ˈmɑks ˌnɪks/

mox nix interjection: it doesn't matter; no worries.

Interjection

  1. (dated, slang) it doesn't matter; no worries
    • When they want to do something, they do it! Whether we've funded it, whether we'll support it—mox nix. They do it!1969, Creighton Abrams, “1969”, in Lewis Sorley, editor, Vietnam Chronicles: The Abrams Tapes, 1968–1972, published 2004, →ISBN, page 330
    • No, I get it. Small matter. Mox nix.2005, James Carroll, Secret Father: A Novel, →ISBN, page 264

Adjective

mox nix (not comparable)

  1. (dated, slang) unimportant, irrelevant
    • If you don't have time to do this don't worry about it because it's mox nix to me (mox nicht—makes no difference).1947, H. W. Kale, “Letter of July 5, 1947”, in Mark William Falzini, editor, Letters Home: The Story of an American Military Family in Occupied Germany 1946–1949, published 2004, →ISBN, page 99
    • Frankly it's mox-nix to me.2004, Kenneth Stiers, The Rapanui Code, →ISBN, page 49

Forms of mox nix

alternative formmox-nix

Origin of mox nix

An alteration of German macht nichts (“doesn't matter”) that originated among American soldiers stationed in Germany after World War II.

Questions about mox nix

What does mox nix mean?
Mox nix means it doesn't matter; no worries.
What part of speech is mox nix?
Mox nix can be an interjection or an adjective.
How do you pronounce mox nix?
Mox nix is pronounced /ˈmɑks ˌnɪks/ (US).

Words near mox nix in the dictionary

  1. Mowson
  2. Mowsons
  3. mowyer
  4. mowyers
  5. mox
  6. mox nix
  7. moxa
  8. moxalactam
  9. moxas
  10. moxastine
  11. moxaverine

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