yay

intj
/jeɪ/

Etymology

Alteration of yea (“yes; even, truly, verily”). More at yea.

  1. derived from llello

Definitions

  1. An expression of happiness.

    • Yay! I have finally finished my work!
  2. Misspelling of yea.

  3. Alternative spelling of yea.

    • The tree was yay big.
    • See, in the 1800s, the island was yay big, but by the 1990s, it was yay big.
  4. + 2 more definitions
    1. Cocaine (powder or crack).

      • In Billy Corben's engrossing new documentary, Cocaine Cowboys (Magnolia Pictures), self-described "assassin" Jorge "Rivi" Ayala (among others) give up the goods on Miami's explosive early '80s yay trade.
      • I'm in charge of a whole city block, and I always wear gloves when I touch the yay, cuz traces of cocaine show up on my u. a., when I touch it with my bare hands.
      • I don't do yay, but if you want to, fine
    2. A branch of the Tai language family, spoken by the Bouyei and Giáy people.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for yay. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA