n. Walking away from a situation that is scary or otherwise nopeworthy while spinning in a circle with your arms out and your middle fingers extended. Is often done while singing the song "The Circle of Nope", which is a short parody of the song "The Circle of Life" by Elton John. The words to the parody are "It's the circle of nope, it's the wheel of screw that" where the word "screw" is sometimes replaced by fuck. Because of this parody, the circle of nope is also referred to "as the wheel of screw that". Can be made into the verb "nope-circling".
1 n.) "I walked into the bathroom and saw a spider on the toilet paper, then I started the Circle of Nope and didn't go back in for an hour.
2 v.) "I would have started nope-circling after I saw that wasps nest, but I was too busy running away.
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noping; to nope
When a guy prematurely makes it clear that he has no sexual interest in a woman, thereby saving himself from the possibility of rejection.
Jane smiled at the guy as she walked past him. He grimaced and looked away.
Jane has been noped.
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A phrase to describe a response to a question that doesn't require or need an elegant explanation. Pretty much the go-to response to any question you don't want to answer.
Friend 1: Hey man! Wanna go to that one club?
Friend 2: Nah.
Friend 1: Wtf? Why not?
Friend 2: Because nope!
When you see a load of spiders
Well I ran out of my house to nope city
The phrase "to nope out" combines the phrase "to get out" with the judgment of "no way" or "no thanks" or "hell no" to the event that makes one leave.
I didn't get spooked during the haunted house tour, but when the guide opened the door to the basement for us, Nate's face went pale and he noped out of there immediately. He won't tell me what scared him.
Acknowledged and then definitely declined
I was gonna go but Oh'p Nope!
Here's the puzzle piece.... Oh'p Nope.
Someone who is known for shooting down ideas and disagreeing on first pass, regardless of quality.
Did the UX team approve those mockups, or did the nope pope pump the brakes again and derail the entire schedule?