on like Donkey Kong
Definitions
An intensifier used in the same contexts as it's on, go on, and other expressions using the word on, but to express greater emphasis.
US, slang
Examples
“It's on like⟳ Donkey Kong / You wanted that fast buck / Now I gotta light⟳ that ass up”
“If those four white police don't get⟳ hung, it's on again. It's on like⟳ Donkey Kong!”
“Got it going on like⟳ Donkey Kong, and whoo-wee, shut⟳ my mouth, slap your grandma, there oughta be a law.”
“It's going to be "on like⟳ Donkey Kong" when Food Network Star and local restaurant owner Guy Fieri comes to the 2007 California State Fair!”
“I will politically haunt you for the biggest fumble in the history of San Francisco politics. It's on like⟳ Donkey Kong.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
See also
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