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my my

my my interjection: reduplication of my; used to express surprise or pleasure.

Interjection

  1. (dated) Reduplication of my; used to express surprise or pleasure.
    • This latest album, Too Hot To Sleep, concentrates more on his "natural" voice, which is baritone. But on those tunes where he exercises that magical falsetto, I just found myself shaking my head and saying "My, my, my!" The way he moves from low to high octaves is breath taking; his transition is...1981 December 5, Julie Coles, “Sylvester: Too Hot”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 20, page 12

Questions about my my

What does my my mean?
My my means reduplication of my; used to express surprise or pleasure.
What part of speech is my my?
My my is an interjection.

Words near my my in the dictionary

  1. my Lord Bishops
  2. my Lord Duke
  3. my Lord Dukes
  4. my Lords
  5. my man
  6. my my
  7. my nabs
  8. my name is
  9. my neck
  10. my nibs
  11. my pleasure

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