Nowish

What does nowish mean?

Sometime close to now

Nowish, pronounced "now-ish," means "about right now." It is a way to answer a time-related question when you are not 100% certain but know it is close to now.

The term appends the ish term on to the end of now, which is a common practice by people who are not totally positive about their answer. It is often spoken and may be used when texting or online too.

Example

So when do you want to leave this place?
I was thinking like nowish

Nowish means sometime close to now

Related Slang

ishKind of
ETAEstimated time of arrival
mabMaybe
yaYes
nahNo
mehWhatever
yepperzYes
probsProbably

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Updated October 25, 2017

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