nerts
Americaninterjection
Etymology
Origin of nerts
First recorded in 1930–35; by alteration
Example Sentences
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Wilson Observatory he found a Hollywood actress among a group of visitors looking through a telescope at star clusters, saw her turn away from the eyepiece, heard her snort, "aw, nerts."
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A. In the classroom I learn grammar, but such expressions as "nerts," "baloney," "horse feathers" and "son of the gun" were contributed by my American boy friends.
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Everybody I have heard comment on "The March of Time" out here went plain "nerts" about the first presentation.
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The British Board of Film Censors objects to scenes showing mental disorders, the preliminaries to childbirth, drunken women, cruelty to animals, miscegenation, police brutality, lovable criminals, the Royal Family and the U. S. expression "nerts."
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