net
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: enpr: nĕt
ipa: /nɛt/
rhymes: -ɛt
rhymes: -ɛt
rhymes: -ɛt
Senses: examples: text: Or again, the Russian Government may now take a poor view of publicizing rumours of Snowmen being sighted within their own frontiers. They may prefer to say Net to the prospect of dealing with inquiring foreigners who might ask for permission to go rampaging for footprints and sightings all over their mountains.
ref: 1961, Odette Tchernine, “The Russians Investigate”, in The Snowman and Company, London: Robert Hale, →OCLC, page 59:
text: Communist propaganda has created for Russia a reputation of a “peace-loving” power which it values. It cannot, therefore, afford to say net to any and every Western proposal.
ref: 1971, Bulletin, Munich: Institute for the Study of the USSR, →OCLC, page 29:
text: Then as now this impersonal vastness was the public face of Russia. Its voice, if it had one, intoned an unmistakable Net. And all the canals and looking-glass mansions, in their courtly but firm way, were saying Net too.
ref: 1983, Colin Thubron, “Leningrad”, in Among the Russians, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, page 74:
text: He asked me what nationality I was, and I replied, “American.” / “Net, net,” he cried. “What nationality?”
ref: 1995, William Minor, “The Ukraine, in Joy and Sorrow”, in Unzipped Souls: A Jazz Journey through the Soviet Union, Philadlephia, Pa.: Temple University Press, →ISBN, part 3 (Leningrad and the Republics), page 160:
text: Sal. Russia says ‘net’ to border deal / / The Baltic Times. – 1997.
ref: 1998, Tālavs Jundzis, editor, Baltijas valstis likten̦griežos: Politiskas, ekonomiskas un tiesiskas starptautiskās sadarbības problēmas uz XXI gadu simten̦a sliekšn̦a […] (overall work in Latvian), Riga: Latvijas Zinātn̦u akadēmija, →ISBN, page 454:
text: The idea to buy Soviet art was born around 1985, however it took three years to overcome problems, starting with both government USSR and USA both say net. That was predictable. It was during the cold war. The Russians were viewed as the enemy and vice versa.
ref: 2001, ArtChronika, numbers 1–3, Moscow, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 81, column 1:
text: But how could she ever meet him since he was half way around the world, a Visa was $175, and the plane trip to Moscow was $298. After all, she only made $90 a month. […] Net! Net! Net! She cried and buried her head into her pillow. Net! Net! Net! She spoke the muffled words into her pillow as she hit her fist upon the bed.
ref: 2009, Stephen A. Phillips, “The Visa”, in From Moscow with Love, Pittsburgh, Pa.: Dorrance Publishing Co., →ISBN, page 57:
text: Then he heard Molotov say “net” several times, after which he reverted back to “da.” Curious as to how Molotov had the courage to say “no” to Stalin, he asked Molotov about their conversation and what questions Molotov was replying “no” to.
ref: 2012, Albert Joseph, “Politics”, in Humor Hardly Hurts, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN, page 70:
text: They thought I wasted their money, their food. Their husbands! Net!
ref: 2018, Katherine Johnson, chapter 2, in Matryoshka, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ventura Press, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative spelling of nyet.
Related terms: net and rouf