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yonks

noun
/jɒŋks/UK

Etymology

Unknown. First seen in print around 1960. One theory is that it comes from donkey's ears; another is that it is an abbreviation of years, months and weeks.

Definitions

  1. A long time (especially a longer time than expected)

    A long time (especially a longer time than expected); ages

    • Haven’t seen him in yonks!
    • I’ve been a teacher for yonks–I should really try another career.
    • This egg is taking yonks to boil.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for yonks. 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