c'mon
AmericanEtymology
Origin of c'mon
First recorded in 1930–35
Example Sentences
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Surely, you’re not going to drive yourself to the lottery office to claim your prize — c’mon, you just won the Powerball jackpot!
From MarketWatch • Dec. 22, 2025
You know, if there’s any agent out there and you give him a marketing deal, I’ll give you 20% ‘cause I’ve got none. I mean, c’mon, take 20% of these guys’ stuff?
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025
The show’s premiere last year at the Public Theater received decent, if not exceptional, reviews, but c’mon, this girl is on fire.
From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2024
Welcome to this weekend’s edition of the Surge, Slate’s politics newsletter that is sure this story about Clarence Thomas is good but also, c’mon, it’s like a million words.
From Slate • Aug. 12, 2023
Heh-heh-heh, c’mon, we’d never do that, the trader started to say, but Danny, though perfectly polite, was insistent.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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