whole nother thing



whole nother thing

Rur. a completely different matter. (Often "corrected" to a whole other thing. The word nother is a shortening of another.) Borrowing! That's a whole nother thing! I thought you said stealing!
See also: thing, whole

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Frank (1)FRANGK (English), FRAHNK (German, Dutch), FRAWNK (French)English, German, Dutch, French
Mariahmə-RIE-əEnglish
Tomas-Swedish, Norwegian, Lithuanian
JoyJOIEnglish
Chen-Chinese
GemmaJEM-mah (Italian), JEM-ə (English), KHE-mah (Dutch)Italian, Catalan, English (British), Dutch