# Is 'noone' a word? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 13, 2001, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-noone-a-word/87158 "2001-10-13T00:04:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-noone-a-word/87158/1 "2001-10-13T00:04:45Z")
😃 As in “I’m sure noone’s going to reply to _this_ post”. Really. I see it so often (on these boards and elsewhere) I’m beginning to think that m-w needs to update. Many times it appears in an otherwise impeccable post. Please, don’t ask for cites. I don’t want to embarrass anyone. So, do I need to get with it? And is this word going to be in the next edition? My _real_ question is; Is this a very common typo, or is it style? Peace, mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-noone-a-word/87158/2 "2001-10-13T00:08:23Z")
“Noone” rhymes with “soon” “No one” does not. “Noone” will go in the dictionary over my cold dead body. 🙂 But noone will care. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![vandal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/858c86/32.png) [@vandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vandal)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-noone-a-word/87158/3 "2001-10-13T00:08:54Z")
_Noone_ is not a word. However, it can be used as _no one_. Kind of like _alot_ and _a lot_. The latter is the correct form. ---
**Author:** ![saudade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@saudade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saudade)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-noone-a-word/87158/4 "2001-10-13T00:15:04Z")
…so is it “any one” or “anyone”? anybody know? ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-noone-a-word/87158/5 "2001-10-13T01:06:02Z")
After posting this question, I thought maybe I was just imagining things again. Maybe I was fixating on this word. So I did a search on our venerable search thingie. I used ‘noone’, 'anywhere in text, and ‘since one year ago’. Here’s what I got, hitswise. 🙂 [ul] [li]GQ, 89[/li][li]ATMB, 2[/li][li]COCC, 5[/li][li]COSR, 2[/li][li]GD, 105[/li][li]CS, 5[/li][li]IMHO, 75[/li][li]MPSIMS, 107[/li][li]BBQ Pit, 55[/li][/ul] Wow! The word was used _at least once_ in 445 threads. And people think I’m crazy. Crazy like a faux. Peace, mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-noone-a-word/87158/6 "2001-10-13T01:18:27Z")
Rather than an intended (mis)usage, it may well just be one of those common typos that people make because they’re posting hurriedly from work and fear the wrath of their cow-orkers. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Goo\_Fee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Doctor\_Goo\_Fee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Goo_Fee)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-noone-a-word/87158/7 "2001-10-13T01:30:43Z")
As far as I know “noone” is not a word. But there IS a contraction for “no one” (if you’re in too much of a hurry to type the space)… It is, of course, “none” (and it’s even shorter than “noone”!!!) ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-noone-a-word/87158/8 "2001-10-13T02:06:45Z")
**Anyone** is a word. See [http://www.yourdictionary.com/](http://www.yourdictionary.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Cargogal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/48db29/32.png) [@Cargogal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cargogal)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-noone-a-word/87158/9 "2001-10-13T02:16:44Z")
Anyone can use “anyone.” If any one person uses “noone,” all will think it’s a real word, it seems. No one should use “noone.” ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-noone-a-word/87158/10 "2001-10-13T04:02:00Z")
My old _Webster’s New World Dictionary_ (copyright 1974) actually has a listing for **no one** , but nothing for **noone**. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Gazoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@The\_Great\_Gazoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Gazoo)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-noone-a-word/87158/11 "2001-10-13T04:02:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mangeorge \* > \*\*After posting this question, I thought maybe I was just imagining things again. Maybe I was fixating on this word. So I did a search on our venerable search thingie. I used ‘noone’, 'anywhere in text, and ‘since one year ago’. > Here’s what I got, hitswise. 🙂 > [ul] > [li]GQ, 89[/li][li]ATMB, 2[/li][li]COCC, 5[/li][li]COSR, 2[/li][li]GD, 105[/li][li]CS, 5[/li][li]IMHO, 75[/li][li]MPSIMS, 107[/li][li]BBQ Pit, 55[/li][/ul] > Wow! The word was used _at least once_ in 445 threads. And people think I’m crazy. > Crazy like a faux. > Peace, > mangeorge \*\* Are you sure that the search wasn’t turning up only part of the word, such as “nooner”? From what I’ve read here, that word could be used a lot. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-noone-a-word/87158/12 "2001-10-13T04:12:54Z")
The spoken contraction I hear could best be written as no’ne. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-noone-a-word/87158/13 "2001-10-13T04:18:54Z")
The spoken contraction I hear could best be written as no’ne. ---
**Author:** ![Hombre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecb155/32.png) [@Hombre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hombre)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-noone-a-word/87158/14 "2001-10-13T04:25:12Z")
And there’s [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=83142)[.](http://www.cheesygraphics.com/) ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-noone-a-word/87158/15 "2001-10-13T04:51:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hombre \* > \*\*And there’s [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=83142)[.](http://www.cheesygraphics.com/) \*\* Not to be outdone; [The Fab](http://www.peternoone.com/) But seriously, folks. Peace, mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![Hombre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecb155/32.png) [@Hombre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hombre)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-noone-a-word/87158/16 "2001-10-13T05:15:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mangeorge \* > \*\*Not to be outdone; > [The Fab](http://www.peternoone.com/) > \*\* Good show, [**mangeorge**](http://www.redhotjazz.com/noone.html), good show! ---
**Author:** ![ignatzmouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b2d939/32.png) [@ignatzmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ignatzmouse)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-noone-a-word/87158/17 "2001-10-13T08:20:37Z")
It’s a typo. The proper spelling is nooner. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-noone-a-word/87158/18 "2001-10-13T15:03:20Z")
The British sometimes spell it as “no-one.” I doubt “noone” will ever catch on simply because it’s not immediately obvious that it means “no one.” The instinct it to pronounce it like the word for the middle of the day. ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-noone-a-word/87158/19 "2001-10-13T16:39:41Z")
The OED lists “noone” as an archaic variant of “none” or “noon”. There is no separate listing for “no one”; that term appears under the headword “no”. No usages of the form “noone” are cited. Evidently that spelling was not prevalent enough at the time the 2nd Edition was published to merit inclusion. ---
**Author:** ![DPWhite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d26b3c/32.png) [@DPWhite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPWhite)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-noone-a-word/87158/20 "2001-10-13T23:12:12Z")
anyone refers to a person any one refers to an object [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-noone-a-word/87158.md?page=2)