Entry · catalog no. 3431
nan
/ /næn/ /NAN
quantifier · Deep South / Florida · 1990s
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Variant spelling of nann: not a single, not any, none at all. Emphatic Southern Black negation.
“Ain't nan one left in the pot.”
Origin & Attribution
A common spelling of nann, the Deep South negation traced to a contraction of "any other." See nann for the fuller note; both spellings run through Gulf South speech and its rap.
1990s
Common Gulf South negation in everyday speech
1998
Trick Daddy's "Nann" spreads the term nationwide
Region of origin
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Midwest
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South
The South
Deep South / Florida · 1990s
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Deep South
$NANThe Record · cultural traction
▲ Steady28 yrs
ahead of the mainstream
50/100
peak cultural energy
Introduced to English by the culture — logged here before the mainstream caught on.
Cultural usage — the recordMainstream search interest
First used
1998
in the culture
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