ack
AcknowledgedAcknowledged
/æk/
» "The old lady of this shop is very unsociable but ..." "Taiki, I can hear you!" "Ack!"
Meaning
3 sensesAcknowledged
Expressing distaste, alarm, or trepidation.
(offensive)Mocking a transgender person by imitating the sound of choking during a suicide by hanging, evoking the notion that transgender people frequently commit suicide.
Examples
1 sentences"The old lady of this shop is very unsociable but ..." "Taiki, I can hear you!" "Ack!"
Origin
Clipping of acknowledged. Imitative. Etymology 2, interjection sense 2 is first attestedClipping of acknowledged.
Imitative. Etymology 2, interjection sense 2 is first attested in the latter part of September, 2021 on /qa/ - Question & Answer, from which it appears to have originated.
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