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nice-nice

nice-nice noun: overly nice interaction, often as a way to make up for past slights or curry favor for the future.

Noun

nice-nice (uncountable)

  1. (nonstandard) Overly nice interaction, often as a way to make up for past slights or curry favor for the future.

Questions about nice-nice

What does nice-nice mean?
Nice-nice means overly nice interaction, often as a way to make up for past slights or curry favor for the future.
What part of speech is nice-nice?
Nice-nice is a noun.

Words near nice-nice in the dictionary

  1. nice-looking
  2. nice-Nelliness
  3. nice-nelly
  4. nice-nellyism
  5. nice-nellyisms
  6. nice-nice
  7. nice-to-have
  8. nice-to-haves
  9. Nicea
  10. Nicean
  11. Niceans

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