Catchword: yat

Filed under: Lousiana, English

Part of speech: n.

Quotation: “You can’t take the city out of the yat, and you can’t take the yat out of the city,” said Frank Searle, a longtime Baton Rouge resident, using a slang term for New Orleanians derived from the local greeting, “Where y’at?”

Article or document title:
“In Baton Rouge, a Tinge of Evacuee Backlash” (URL)

Author:
Peter Applebome

Article, document, publication, web site:
New York Times

Dateline:
Baton Rouge, La.

Date of publication:
Sept. 7, 2005

This catchword has yet to be researched.