- Y'
- 1. "You." [Cont] Popularly compounded with know,
as in "y' know" or "y'know" = "(Do) You know (what I am talking about)?"
- Y
- 2. "Why." A phonetic substitution.
Popular in netspeak.
- Ya
- "Your." [Cont] As in "Keep ya head up!" or "wit ya folks."
See "y'all" and "na'mean."
- Y'all
- "You All." [Cont]
- Yd
- "Yard." Common in real estate ad terminology, as in
"fncd yd" = "fenced yard."
- Yer
- "You Are; Your." [Cont] As in "Yer kiddin' me, right?"
- Yerself
- "Yourself." [DV] Also seen in the form "yerselves."
- YGTBK
- "You've Got To Be Kidding." An internet abbreviation.
- YHBW
- "You Have Been Warned." An internet abbreviation.
- YHTBT
- "You Had To Be There." An internet abbreviation.
- YKWIM?
- "You Know What I Mean?" An internet abbreviation.
- YMBJ
- "You Must Be Joking." An internet abbreviation.
- YMMV
- "Your Mileage May Vary." An internet abbreviation.
- Yo
- 2. "You," [Cont] As in "Yo can't touch me."
- Yo
- 3. "Your." [Cont] For example "...so glad yo decided
to join us once again." See also "yoself."
- Y/O, Y.O., YO
- "Year Old." From singles ads, as in "21 y/o SWF" =
"21 year old single white female."
- Yore
- "Your." From phonetic Southern, as seen in Lil' Abner's June 17,
1948 strip. "NEVAH MIND !! THAR'S TH' (SOB!) SANG-WIDGE!! SINK YORE TEETH INTO IT!!"
Earlier in the strip, he uses "yo'" for "your" spoken by the same character.
- Yoself
- "Yourself." [Cont]
- Youngsta
- "Youngster." [DV] A Black Vernacular variant.
- YOYO
- "You're On Your Own." An internet abbreviation.
- Yr
- [Cont] A variant of "yer."
- Yr. (Yrs. Plural)
- "Year." A common abbreviation, See also "y/o."
- Yuh
- 1. "You." [DV] Particularly Jamaican, as in "Yuh know"
and "Yuh see?" Note also the construction "Yuh a di #1" = "You are number one,"
a Reggae song title.
- Yuh
- 2. "Your."
- YW
- "You're Welcome." An internet abbreviation.
- YWSYLS
- "You Win Some You Lose Some." An internet abbreviation.
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