Words starting with y

Slang words, phrases and definitions

yellowbelly means: Coward.

yem, hyem means: Home, in use for example as "Aa’m gaan yem!", meaning "I'm going home".

yer mum means: General "fuck off" kind of answer to most questions eg What was th e homework? - Yer mum. Or, What did you do last night? - Yer mum. You get the picture.

yitney means: Cowardly, 'yellow'. Commonly used by teenage boys in the late 1970's when daring each other to perform some kind of competitive task. "Come on then, you're yitney" would generally provoke a positive response.

yit means: A trog, hippy, spod, a Brian. Carries implications of being malodorous and socially maladjusted, and quite often Welsh.

yo momma means: Here in the States is a custom, initially among Black Americans, called "doing the dozens." In sults were traded back and forth among the participants. Some of these insults involved "yo momma." e.g. Yo momma so ugly she stop a train. Yo momma ugly as a mud fence. Yo momma so ugly 'till its illegal. You so ugly, when you born the doctor slap yo momma. Yo momma so big she on both sides of the family. At times this is a game... a competition, to see who can make the last insult - or coin a new one. There is likely more to this than meets the eye, as I am not aware of all the social rules involved in "doing the dozens." I've only seen it in a good-natured context, or at least one that did not end in a fight. This practice is current in the US, and has been a part of black social culture fo r who knows how long... 50 years? More? As with much American slang and culture, it starts in the black community and sp reads to the rest of society. Though my own ignorance is encyclopedic, I thought I'd share this little nugget with you. (ed: someone weant to send us some of the thousands out there please?)

yob means: Literally a backward boy - hooligan, troublemaker.

yocker means: Spit, gob, flob, expectoration in general. e.g. "'ee's got yocker on 'is back".

yoda means: When people smell like they rolled in dog crap and moldy cheese, used as "You smell like Yoda!!"

yog means: Describes the act of burning or setting fire to something, e.g. a building or car. UUsed as "We'll 'yog' that car we nicked after the burn.".

Slang words, phrases and definitions

avoir la patate means: be in shape

avoir la manie de means: be fanatical about

avoir la haine means: be angry, disgusted

avoir la gerbe means: feel nauseous (n.b.: gerber in French means to vomit, puke, or throw up)

avoir la frousse means: be scared stiff; be scared to death

avoir la frite means: be in shape

avoir la flemme means: cannot be bothered. 1. J’ai la flemme d’envoyer une lettre au journal.

avoir la dent dure means: be critical; be scathing (in one's remarks) (lit.: have a hard tooth)

avoir la dent means: be hungry (lit.: have the tooth)

avoir la dalle en pente means: be a bit of a boozer; drink a little