勿cue (wùcue): (internet slang) don't call on…

Meanings

1 (internet slang) don't call on me
2 don't drag me into this
3 don't @ me

Characters

勿

wù

don't (classical)

cue

cue / call on (English)

Examples

勿cue,我真的不会唱歌。

Wù cue, wǒ zhēn de bù huì chànggē.

Don't call on me, I really can't sing.

下次开会勿cue 我。

Xià cì kāihuì wù cue wǒ.

Don't drag me in at the next meeting.

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usage

Hybrid slang: 勿 ('don't,' from classical Chinese) + English 'cue' ('to give a cue / call on someone'). Originated on Chinese variety shows where guests would say 'please don't cue me' to ducks awkward audience attention. Now common on social media to wave off being tagged.

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Internet/spoken only. The English 'cue' is normally written in Latin letters; pronunciation borrows the English /kjuː/ — speakers don't try to give it a Mandarin tone.