kanigget

English

Alternative forms

kaniggit, knigget, kniggit

Etymology

Written representation of a spelling pronunciation of knight. From the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, in which French soldiers taunt the English knights in broken English.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kəˈnɪɡət/

Noun

kanigget (plural kaniggets)

(humorous) knight
(humorous) Used as a general insult.

References

John Cleese as Guard (1975), Monty Python and the Holy Grail: “You don't frighten us, English pig-dogs! Go and boil your bottoms, sons of a silly person. I blow my nose at you, so-called Arthur-king, you and all your silly English kaniggets. Thppppt!”

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[1] John Cleese as Guard (1975), Monty Python and the Holy Grail: “You don't frighten us, English pig-dogs! Go and boil your bottoms, sons of a silly person. I blow my nose at you, so-called Arthur-king, you and all your silly English kaniggets. Thppppt!”