yessum

contraction
/ˈjɛs(ə)m/US

Etymology

Contraction of yes, ma'am.

Definitions

  1. Used to express agreement with a woman (and, somewhat less commonly, a man)

    Used to express agreement with a woman (and, somewhat less commonly, a man): yes, ma'am.

    • "Yessum." Luster said. "We coming. You done played hell. Get up." He jerked my arm and I got up.
  2. Alternative form of yes.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for yessum. 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