Now you will understand what it means.Īnother informal contraction you will read in social media is "tryna." On the surface, you might guess that this is a short form of "trying to." It means "attempt" in these Twitter comments:īut another meaning seems to be at work in sentences like this: But it is something you are likely to hear from English-speaking friends. Like most informal contractions, we must tell you it is best to avoid "ain't" in writing for school or work. Later, you can find it in Charles Dicken's novels as he tried to show readers the Cockney dialect, a speaking style common among working-class Londoners. The spelling changed to "ain't" - and that first appeared in print in 1778, in a novel called Evilina. You need not sit so near one, if you have anything to say, I an't deaf. It appears in a 1695 comedy, Love for Love: The contraction "ain't" is usually a short form of "am not," but it can also mean "is not" or "are not" as well as "have not" or "has not." Before changes in pronunciation in English, the short form of "are not" was written "an't." We would pronounce it /ant/. However, “aint” has a long, rich history in British and American literature. So, its recent rise in use might make you think it is a new slang word. Popular dictionaries have warned against using the word for years. Many respected grammar books will tell you that "ain't" is “ nonstandard English,” meaning not usual. Many people answered the question with the same four words: "This ain't it chief," meaning “no.”
For example, a drink company posted a question asking if people would enjoy pumpkin spice flavored juice.
One expression that you may wonder about is: "This ain't it, chief." It is used to tell someone they are wrong about something they posted on social media. If you often use online social media, you will see many examples of informal English.
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