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Yentl syndrome n. Although a series of high profile publications in the early 1990’s documenting less invasive investigation and treatment in women generated intense interest in the arena of gender bias, some more recent reports assert that there is “No evidence for the Yentl Syndrome.” The Yentl syndrome being the term coined to describe the practice of treating women equally only when they were identified as being the same as men. [English Health] [full cite] (Sep. 14, 2005)

yes-and v. They stayed for over an hour and completely yes-anded everything we threw at them. There were moments where it felt like we actually did all know each other and you sort of forgot you were “acting.” [English Jargon] [full cite] (Jul. 3, 2009)

yesoterapia n. A technique called yesoterapia uses a hard cast or bandages moistened with water and plaster to make you look thinner. The good news: It’s painless, and the results are visible almost immediately. [ Language Spanish] [full cite] (Nov. 29, 2005)

yettie n. Yetties are the corporate version of yuppies—young entrepreneurial, tech-based, 20-somethings who’re usually followers of tech so advanced that they have no practical purpose. [English India] [full cite] (Jul. 14, 2004)

yips n. After winning his first game against the Mariners on June 23, pitching six encouraging innings, Bierbrodt’s control looked lost again. In 1 2/3 innings Monday, he walked five batters. Once more, some misses could be measured in feet. In baseball, such misfiring is referred to as “yips.” They cost one-time Pittsburgh star Steve Blass his career. Most recently, St. Louis pitcher Rick Ankiel was afflicted with the yips in 2000. [English United States Baseball Sports & Recreation Slang] [full cite] (Jul. 3, 2004)

yips n. Putting always was hard, if not impossible, for Moody, who spent 14 years in the armed services. He had trouble with three-footers. He seldom had a clue on anything longer than six feet. He had what they call the “yips.”…If you’re a golfer and you have the “yips,” you don’t have to be told what they are. You also don’t have to be told you’re in trouble. [English United States Golf Sports & Recreation] [full cite] (Jul. 5, 2004)

yips n. Carl Hubbell says he got the “yips” so bad during his recent slump that he was walking into closed doors. [English United States Sports & Recreation] [full cite] (Jul. 5, 2004)

yips n. The grass between the ball and the blade will cause a bit of run so allow for it and practice this shot at least twenty times the next time you go out, not that you will perfect it that quickly but having practiced it—it won’t give you those mental yips the next time you’re in that spot. [English Golf Sports & Recreation] [full cite] (Jul. 5, 2004)

yngling n. A mystery to anyone without an interest in sailing before those Games, the boat drew headlines after the success of the trio—whose sporting prowess was augmented by good looks—and suddenly there was great interest in the racing of what the International Yngling Association describes as an “agreeable cross between a planing dinghy and a keelboat.” [English Nautical Sports & Recreation] [full cite] (Aug. 7, 2008)

yo interj. Yo. Call used to attract delares [sic] attention to truck. [English] [full cite] (May. 13, 2005)

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