not (the, its, he, she, they, y’all)

a phrase that is followed by a repeating or stating the gag or the point of a sentence or action. it’s used to draw comedic attention to something somone said or did that’s either blatantly obvious or gag worthy that has you lowkey shook.

it was commonly used originally on social media sites such as twitter, instagram tiktok and reddit. but has recently been used commonly in the vocabulary and everyday colloquial slang of mainly POCs and members of the LGBTQ+ community.

it can be used as a way to throw shade.

not (the, its, he, she, they, y’all)

use pronoun, possessive determiner or determiner based on structure of the sentence.

example 1;
person 1: *walks in room, gasps, spins and blows an anime kiss*
person 2: “not the entrance featuring gasps, spins and an anime kiss”

example 2
person 1: bitch, i fell asleep in the bathroom on with my phone in my hand and dropping it.

person 2: damn, not he fell asleep

example 3
person 1: * walked in the office with the shoulder pads from 1980s with tacky and mix matched colors.*
person 2: *Says under breath*oh my God, not the ‘80s sholder pads and then tired color combination they thought was cute enough to leave the house looking like that