innit

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪnɪt/

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• Rhymes: -ɪnɪt

innit

1. (informal, low register) Contraction of isn't it.

   Innit your birthday today?

   It's your birthday today, innit?

2. (Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, informal, proscribed) Used as a replacement for any other negative tag question, irrespective of person, number, or verb.

   You like listening to pop music, innit?

   You were dissing my girl, innit?

3. (Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, informal, proscribed) Used as a discourse marker.

   I like pop music, innit.

• When used as a generic tag question in British English, Irish English, Australian English and New Zealand English. sometimes associated with Multicultural London English, but may be considered bad or broken English by some speakers.

• (isn't it): isn't it, ain't it (slang)
• (tag question): see Appendix:English tag questions

• “innit”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.