Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 5 months agoFlorida Republican nixes plan to have taxpayers pay Trump’s legal billswww.politico.comexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1229arrow-down112
arrow-up1217arrow-down1external-linkFlorida Republican nixes plan to have taxpayers pay Trump’s legal billswww.politico.comRapidcreek@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square36fedilink
minus-squareA_A@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agoNot sure what “nixes” means : article goes : A push by some Florida Republicans to use taxpayer money to help pay for former President Donald Trump’s multiple legal battles quickly fell apart after Gov. Ron DeSantis threatened to veto the legislation.
minus-square🇰 🔵 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 months agoIt means to get rid of or stop doing. To cancel.
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-25 months agoit’s an ellision of “nichts” (nothing) from German, gaining popularity as English slang in the 1830s and 40s.
Not sure what “nixes” means : article goes :
It means to get rid of or stop doing. To cancel.
it’s an ellision of “nichts” (nothing) from German, gaining popularity as English slang in the 1830s and 40s.