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yard sale n. The “yard sale” resulted completely from the fact that I was going to fast, given the fact that I was coming down from an easy slope where all the folks around me were going waaaay slower, and doing occasional panic stops. [English Sports & Recreation] [full cite] (Nov. 29, 2004)

yard sale n. On the other hand, goggles can be a pain, tend to fog up at the wrong moments and are just another piece of hardware to recover after a “yard sale” type fall. [English Sports & Recreation Slang] [full cite] (Nov. 29, 2004)

yard sale n. Yard sale: A horrendous crash that leaves all of your belongings scattered as if on display for sale. Also a skiing term. [English Sports & Recreation] [full cite] (Jul. 4, 2005)

yarda n. No cuidaban su jardín, sino su yarda. [Spanglish United States] [full cite] (Jul. 10, 2004)

yat n. “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?” [Lousiana English] [full cite] (Sep. 7, 2005)

yawn n. Now a new generation of the seriously rich has emerged, but with a difference: the ostentation has gone. The new breed is self-made, socially aware, concerned about the planet and gives a lot of money to charity. They are the “Yawns”—young and wealthy but normal. [English New or Nonce Acronym] [full cite] (Jul. 13, 2007)

YAWN n. Now a new generation of the seriously rich has emerged, but with a difference: the ostentation has gone. The new breed is self-made, socially aware, concerned about the planet and gives a lot of money to charity. They are the “Yawns”—young and wealthy but normal. [English Marketing Factitious Acronym] [full cite] (May. 13, 2008)

yawncounter n. His subordinates happen to be a trigger-happy yawncounter specialist (Suniel Shetty often mumbling a dialect that needs subtitles), an overaged dialogue baazigar (Shatrughan Sinha, yelling his trademark “Khamosh!” just in case you’ve forgotten). [English India] [full cite] (Jun. 5, 2004)

Yay Area n. The Bay Area, or Yay Area as it’s known in hip hop circles, is much slower when it comes to putting these things together than the East Coast, which seems to poop out new mixes every week. [ Language English Place United States California Register Slang] [full cite] (Nov. 9, 2005)

yayo n. The dog, a white, year-old pit bull named Yayo—a street term for cocaine—was shot just inside the apartment door. [English Drugs Slang] [full cite] (Jul. 30, 2006)

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