Other ways of answering ‘no’: “Would you lend him ten dollars?” “________.”
| NOPE | 17 |
| HELL NO | 7 |
| NO WAY | 7 |
| NOT ON YOUR LIFE | 7 |
| HECK NO | 4 |
| NEVER | 4 |
| HUNH-UNH | 3 |
| MM-MM | 3 |
| NOT BY A LONG SHOT | 3 |
| IN A PIG’S EYE | 2 |
| NN-NN | 2 |
| NO SIRREE | 2 |
| NOT A CHANCE | 2 |
| NOT IN A MILLION YEARS | 2 |
| NOTHING DOING | 2 |
| SORRY | 2 |
| UNH-UNH | 2 |
| ABSOLUTELY NOT | 1 |
| “ABSOLUTELY NOT. NO, NEI, NADA” | 1 |
| FORGET IT | 1 |
| I DON’T THINK SO | 1 |
| I SHOULD SAY NOT | 1 |
| MM-MMM | 1 |
| NAH | 1 |
| NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS | 1 |
| NOT IF MY LIFE DEPENDED ON IT | 1 |
| NOT IN A PIGS ASS | 1 |
| NOT ME | 1 |
| “THANK YOU BUT NO, NOT ON YOUR LIFE” | 1 |
| UGH UGH | 1 |
| UH UH | 1 |
| UH-UHH | 1 |
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