orite

orite

See also: o-rite

English

Alternative forms

Adjective

orite (not comparable)

  1. Pronunciation spelling of alright.
    • 1926 December, V. A. Digilio, “Tony’s First Experience with a Telephone”, in Ralph G. Hegner, editor, The Villanovan, Villanova, Pa.: Students of Villanova College, →OCLC, page 60, column 1:
      Tony: “O yu my compare [godfather]—O!—’Scuse me mio compare—why non yu tella me ‘hoo yu wuz?” Compare: “That’s orite compare.”
    • 2011 August 16, Ajay Dulay, chapter 17, in The Two Sided Shadow, [Morrisville, N.C.]: [Lulu.com], →ISBN:
      It's orite darling chill the fuck out. Tonight you're going to begin a new life. I did tell you before you don't need a degree in life and for this job you don't. You just need a body.
    • 2014 September 5, Arthur Hamilton, “Margaret Rose McAllister”, in Jonathan’s Journey, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN:
      “Is mistress orite?” she asked. “Mother is fine, Esther. You may leave now.”
    • 2017 February 24, Bella Waxman, “Leaving Aireborough”, in The Nymph, [Neckenmarkt, Burgenland]: novum pro, →ISBN, page 312:
      Tell yer what, luv, I’ll give yer fifty quid fer’t lot and tek ’em off yer ’ands today, right now in fact if that’s orite wi you.
    • 2021 July 8, Sherman L. Brandon, “We Messed It Up”, in My Love, My Pain, My Struggle, My Thoughts, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN:
      When life was black and white, things weren’t Right, / but things were orite. / What has this world come to?

Interjection

orite

  1. (Internet slang) Oh, right; an acknowledgment of understanding.
  2. Pronunciation spelling of alright.
    • 2014 September 5, Arthur Hamilton, “The Empire Cometh”, in Jonathan’s Journey, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN:
      Orite, I takes yer word fer it.

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

orite (Cyrillic spelling орите)

  1. second-person plural imperative of orati