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'New' expression for laughter and joy.  You are one 'k' short.

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new |n(y)o?o|
adjective
1 not existing before; made, introduced, or discovered recently or now for the first time: new crop varieties | this tendency is not new | (as noun the new) : a fascinating mix of the old and the new.
• not previously used or owned: a secondhand bus cost a fraction of a new one.
• of recent origin or arrival: a new baby.
• (of food or drink) freshly or recently produced.
• (of vegetables) dug or harvested early in the season: new potatoes.
2 already existing but seen, experienced, or acquired recently or now for the first time: her new bike.
• [ predic. ] (new to) unfamiliar or strange to (someone): a way of living that was new to me.
• [ predic. ] (new to/at) (of a person) inexperienced at or unaccustomed to doing (something): I'm quite new to gardening.
• different from a recent previous one: I have a new assistant | this would be her new home.
• in addition to another or others already existing: recruiting new pilots overseas.
• (in place names) discovered or founded later than and named after: New York.
3 just beginning or beginning anew and regarded as better than what went before: starting a new life | the new South Africa.
• (of a person) reinvigorated or restored: a bottle of pills would make him a new man.
• superseding another or others of the same kind, and advanced in method or theory: the new architecture.
• reviving another or others of the same kind: the New Bohemians.
adverb [ usu. in combination ]
newly; recently: new-mown hay | new-fallen snow.
PHRASES
a new one informal an account, idea, or joke not previously encountered by someone: I've heard of lazy, but somebody being too lazy to talk—that's a new one on me.
what's new? 1 (said on greeting someone) what's going on? how are you? 2 (also what else is new? )that is the usual situation: she and I squabbled—so what's new? | men like to see women's legs. So what else is new?
DERIVATIVES
newish adjective,
newness noun
ORIGIN Old English n?we, n?owe, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch nieuw and German neu, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit nava,Latin novus, and Greek neos ‘new.’

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