What is Ixnay on the Hombre?

[Lolly]

Hey Guys,
I´m from germany (so excuse me if my english isn´t perfect) and a Fan of The Offspring since one year or somethin...What I´d like to know is: What does the title of their 4th album "Ixnay on the Hombre" mean. It would be nice if one of you could explain it to me...

[Zee]

http://www.offspring.com/forums/showthread.php?t=534

[NIX-on-the-MAN]

If you read my name, the answer will be told to you.

[StayInTheHouseCarl]

yeah, basically along the lines of "fuck the government"

[Lolly]

So it means sth. like "fuck authority", cool.
By the way I think it´s the best The Offspring album.
Thx @ll, peace

[Unnatural Disaster]

I'll just post what i did before....


Here we go: Ixnay on the Hombre

Ixnay is Pig Latin for Nix which means to leave behind.

*In Pig Latin, you just take the first letter of an English word, put it at the end of the word and add "ay"*

Examples: Nix = Ixnay. Hello = Ellohay. Dexter = Exterday

So we have: Leave Behind on the Hombre

We can just get rid of the "on" part.

So we have Leave Behind the Hombre

Hombre means Man in Spanish

Now it's: Leave Behind The Man

The Man is slang for Authority

So we have Leave Behind Authority

We can change Leave behind to just the simple word of Fuck/Screw.

So now the title: "Ixnay On The Hombre" means: Fuck Authority or Screw Authority. Easy as that!

[lucy_willson]

ok unnatural, thats not a blonde proof thing is it?

[Left Face Down]

Better question, what does "Alla Te Espero" mean?

I actually asked the band this on the old boards, and the reply from Noodles was "Wasn't Ixnay on the Hombre confusing enough?"... a.k.a. I never got a real answer...

[Gabriel]

I wonder is Dexter screaming in 'Gone away' (after instumental bridge) 'Alla Te Espero' - it sounds like that, isn't it??

[samr]

God Save Your Soul?

[Gabriel]

hmmm... interesting. I didn't know that. thnx

[Unnatural Disaster]

Alla Te Espero definitely means "I'll Wait For You There."

[willferno]

alla isn't the god of the arabs or musulms?

[Unnatural Disaster]

That's Alla.... (Pronounced ah - la) The Alla we're talking about is pronounced aya

[Leo_ARG]

When does Dexter says "Alla te espero"?
It means "I wait for you there".

But never heard that on the song. :confused:

[Camilamazed]

Wow...... The meaning is fucking better than what I thought it was....People used to say down here it was Get rid of the man, Not the government...... :D

[pretty_fly_white_guy858]

I actually asked my spanish teacher that. Its means get rid of the man

[4eh]

I've got "Maximum Offspring" (it's their unathorised biography), Dexter there says that Ixnay On The Hombre is something like - "Fuck The Man (as a whole - people)", but he doesn't know it exactly. Other say that it is translated like - "Nothing On The Man". try to find the word "ixnay" from spanish or latinian, cause "hombre" means people.

[Unnatural Disaster]

ixnay is pig latin for nix........ hombre is spanish for man.... do I have to go over this again???

[Noodles is gay]

What the hell is 'pig latin'? It's nothing like latin! But argh - i don't know!

[intothevalleyofdeath]

it dont matter...its what its called

[Noodles is gay]

it dont matter...its what its called

It matters to me, anyway that doesn't tell me what it is!