no way Jose

• no way José; no way, José; no way, Jose

Uncertain. Probably invented for the rhyme. First attested in 1978.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /nəʊ ˈweɪ həʊˌseɪ/, /- həʊˌzeɪ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /noʊ ˈweɪ hoʊˌseɪ/, /- hoʊˌzeɪ/

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no way Jose (not comparable)

1. (colloquial) No way; absolutely not.

• Used as an intensified form of no in refusal or denial.

• I don't think so
• never in a month of Sundays
• not in a million years
• not on your life
• not on your nelly
• when pigs fly
• when Hell freezes over

• okey dokey, artichokey
• okey-dokey, Smokey

• “no way!”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present