'bout

prepositionattested in dialogue

//baʊt//

about.

preposition

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about.
That's what I'm talkin' 'bout. I need a man like that.
Every Christmas I get to thinkin' 'bout Santa's reindeers with their red noses. Man, that's wrong! He just uses them for their noses, like light bulbs or sumthin. It ain't right.

Etymology

Apheretic form of about.

'bout · about.

'cause · Apheretic form of because.'em · Them (now only in unstressed position).'kay · Apheretic form of okay.

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