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yahoo-yahoo boy n. Today, the con usually relies on e-mail and is often called a 419 scheme after the anti-fraud section of the criminal code in Nigeria, where it flourishes.…The scammers, who often operate in crime rings, are known as “yahoo-yahoo boys,” because the frequently use free Yahoo accounts. [ ] [full cite] (May. 10, 2006)
Yahtzee n. Regular readers of our site know about Yahtzees, a term I coined to refer to times when five or more cartoonists draw the same gag at the same time. [ ] [full cite] (Jan. 10, 2009)
yak n. Their discovery of cognac—“yak” as they affectionately call it—started a fashion among young black Americans who, in a practice considered heresy in France, mix it with fruit juices to make cocktails such as French Connection and Incredible Hulk. The rappers even wrote songs about Hennessy Cognac, referring to it as “Henny” or “Henn-dog.” [ ] [full cite] (Jan. 29, 2009)
yalla n. “Yalla, yalla!” (-Term in arabic. Meaning: “Come on! Let’s go! Hurry!” -In local slang: “Yalla” = “bling,” “foreign-ness,” often assigned to an area with special “yalla”-characteristics, or used about those areas’ (the eastside’s) teenage gangs, like in: “…man, did you meet that fuckin yalla-gang over there? they stole my mobile,man!”-The word can also have positive connotations, as something with attitude, cool, quirky in a foreign way…I think this vignette has got “yalla”!:) [] [full cite] (Feb. 4, 2005)
Yallbonics n. “Yallbonics,” as Browne calls her Southernisms, pepper every page, and her correctly applied “hauled off and” or “allowed as how” will ring true for anyone from the South. [ ] [full cite] (Mar. 24, 2006)
yammy n. Just before Garson took care of his bodily functions, he was overheard referring to an observant Jew as a “yammy,” which is apparently slang for yarmulke, the head covering worn by Jewish men. [ ] [full cite] (Aug. 20, 2004)
yampee n. YAMPEE—Mucus, found in the corner of the eyes after a sleep. [ ] [full cite] (Jan. 23, 2005)
yampee n. So wash dem glasses and bring out de rum. Before yuh blink and wipe de yampee out yuh eye, Dem boys go be in front we gate singing “Cy, Cy,Cy.” [ ] [full cite] (Jan. 24, 2005)
yampee n. You en see all dem Creole eye have yampee in em! [ ] [full cite] (Jan. 24, 2005)
yampee n. U trying to tell me that some sweaty, pimple-faced jackass with snat running down dey nose, yampee in dey eyes and headflakes all over dey clothes will have a chance with u?! [ ] [full cite] (Jan. 24, 2005)
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