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> ひっさびさに会えるってのに、何もナシじゃつまんねーだろ (Persona 5 Scramble)

I can't seem to wrap my head around the 何もなし. Specifically how the 何も fits
with the なし and the adjective being in the negative form at the end.
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grammar particles
Meaning of 何もなし
何もナシ means "(there is) nothing at all".

  * 何も is a **negative polarity item** , which is always followed by a negation (ない, ぬ, ず, ...). Please see: [The reason for using 何も+negative, but 何でも+positive](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/1565/5010)
  * This なし is a classic version of ない, but it is still used when brevity is important. Please see: [What form is あり?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/35942/5010)

なし on its own means "there is not", but 何も strengthens the meaning ("there is
nothing at all").
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