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yackety-yak
Language; Slang

Chatter; gossip. * No more yackety-yak. * That’s enough yackety-yak. Quiet!

yahoo
Language; Slang

A rustic oaf; an uncouth jerk. * Ask that yahoo to close the door after him. * What yahoo brought this dog in here?

yard
Language; Slang

A one-hundred-dollar bill. (Underworld.) * The guy wanted a yard just to fix a little dent in the fender. * Pay him a yard to shut up about what he saw.

yard dog
Language; Slang

A repellent person; an uncouth person. * Is that lousy yard dog hanging around the neighborhood again? * Yup. It’s that yard dog, Pete.

yatata-yatata
Language; Slang

The sound of chatter or yak. * All I ever hear around here is yatata-yatata. * He gets on the phone, and it’s yatata-yatata for hours.

yawner
Language; Slang

A boring show or performance. * It was a yawner from the opening curtain straight through to the end. * Your lecture, sir, was a total yawner.

yazzihamper
Language; Slang

An obnoxious person. * You are the most annoying yazzihamper I know! * Who’s the yazzihamper in the double knit?

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