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that was not the wind

that was not the wind interjection: a phrase used to call out one's ignorance or denial of a suspicious situation.

Interjection

that was not the wind

  1. (humorous, ironic, slang) A phrase used to call out one's ignorance or denial of a suspicious situation.
    • Chat...that was not the wind. What are you on about?

Origin of that was not the wind

Appears to have been coined in 2026, perhaps by analogy from must have been the wind.

Questions about that was not the wind

What does that was not the wind mean?
That was not the wind means a phrase used to call out one's ignorance or denial of a suspicious situation.
What part of speech is that was not the wind?
That was not the wind is an interjection.

Words near that was not the wind in the dictionary

  1. that tired feeling
  2. that train has already left the station
  3. that train has left the station
  4. that was a joke, Joyce
  5. that was it
  6. that was not the wind
  7. that was that
  8. that was then and this is now
  9. that was then, this is now
  10. that was then; this is now
  11. that way

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