Imma

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Imma f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Immidae – certain tropical micromoths.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Lepidoptera – order; Glossata – suborder; Heteroneura – infraorder; Immoidea – superfamily; Immidae – family

• (genus): Imma rugosalis – type species

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• I'mma, imma, I'ma, i'ma, Ima, ima, Ima', I'm a, I'm a', i'm a', I'm'a, i'm'a, I'm-a

Written form of a relaxed pronunciation of I'm gonna. Includes a reduction of /mn/ to /m/ (see reduction of /mb/ and /mn/ on Wikipedia). Common in and possibly originated in African-American Vernacular English, but is used more broadly today. Harvard professor Sunn m'Cheaux says the term originated in the Gullah English creole language, where "a-" replaces "-ing" and indicates immediate future tense.

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈaɪmə/, [ˈaːmə]
• Rhymes: -aɪmə

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Imma

1. (chiefly US, informal) Contraction of I'm gonna.

   so Imma say 16 or 17, cool

   • 2009, Kanye West, MTV Video Music Awards‎^[1], Kanye West (actor):

     Yo, Taylor, I'm really happy for you, Imma let you finish, but Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time! One of the best videos of all time!

   • 2017, Frankie Pamplemousse, “The No-Kart Race”, in The ZhuZhus:

     I told you we should have gone with the mermaid costume. I'mma put this on -- 'cause I'm going to the race cause I feel better.

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:Imma.

• Imam, Mami, imam, maim, mami

Imma f

1. a diminutive of the female given name Immacolata

• imam, mima