nother
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of nother
1955–60; metanalysis of an other or another
Example Sentences
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You move over one ZIP Code, and we’re talking about a whole nother culture.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2023
"I felt completely violated and disrespected on a whole nother level."
From Fox News ● Dec. 10, 2021
“Getting rid of the internal combustion engine is a whole nother thing.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2019
N ‘nother’ The gripers perhaps hope that the expression a whole nother is where the rough handling of another begins and ends today.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 25, 2016
As I left, I saw Tuma unpack a whole nother box of them same hats and stack them on a shelf in his shop.
From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore
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