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English
Etymology
Clipping of inappropriate + -s (hypocoristic suffix).
Adjective
inappropes (comparative more inappropes, superlative most inappropes)
- (slang) Inappropriate.
- Antonym: appropes
2013 January 31, Eleanor Prescott, Could It Be I'm Falling In Love?, Quercus Publishing, →ISBN:Cressida tutted. ‘I'm not a complete dinosaur. We got beyond all that pomp in the first week. Besides, you can't be too formal in chat rooms; it's a whole new language in there. If I sounded like myself, I'd sound ludicrous. Correct parlance is “totes inappropes”.’
2014 February 20, D. Gary Miller, “Clipping”, in English Lexicogenesis, OUP Oxford, →ISBN, page 181:inappropes (inappropriate)
2014 April 7, Adam Reed, “Palace Intrigue: Part II” (1:59 from the start), in Archer, season 5, episode 11, spoken by Pam Poovey (Amber Nash):“Do you have any idea how humiliating this is?” “Jinx.” (Cherlene sobs) “Inappropes.”
2014 July 1, Balthazar Cohen, Totes Ridictionary, Plexus Publishing, →ISBN:Inappropes: inappropriate. Whenever Charlie Sheen speaks; whenever Terry Richardson takes a photo; whenever Amanda Bynes sends a tweet, there is a 95 percent chance that the results will be totes inappropes – totally inappropriate.
2023 May 25, Ben Crystal, David Crystal, Everyday Shakespeare: Lines for Life, John Murray Press, →ISBN:Ross in Macbeth describes Macduff as someone who best knows the fits o'th'season - the conflicts of the age. And it means ‘totes inappropes.’
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