Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- An interjection of disgust.
Wiktionary
- adv. UK, India, South Africa Yes.
- n. UK, informal An upper-class person, especially a Sloane Ranger.
Etymologies
- From the pronunciation of “yes” which such people use. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Khalíyah is properly a hive of bees with a honey-comb in the hollow of a tree-trunk, opposed to Kawwárah, hive made of clay or earth (Al – Hariri; Ass. of Tiflis).”
“Comments (2) darren: haha ... wow, can't believe I beat you to the punch on something ... are you guys slacking over here or what? just teasin yah ...”
“Yes | No | Report from buckshot89 wrote 13 weeks 2 days ago i'm feelin yah ... i sit through my classics class, dodging the professor and posting on the site ... however, i started working at a new place and my hours have roughly doubled ontop of a full college schedule. ive already decided i'm skipping spanish for opening day of shotgun season:) +1 Good Comment?”
“The grammatical construction is this: Ebhih sarvaih kalatmakaih bhavaih anwitam sarvam yah akalushiam pasyati (sah) samoham karma nanuvartate.”
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12
“We are no doubt in presence of an abbreviation of the name Mál'akhîyah, that is "Messenger of Yah".”
“Koaara extends from the westernmost point to the northern extremity of the island; the whole coast between them forming an extensive bay, called Toe - yah-yah, which is bounded to the north by two very conspicuous hills.”
“Britain, France or Germany, where a smaller but vastly more potent number worship the One God whom men called yah before the exodus, yahwey after.”
“I 'member now, he talk like Hans who make our garden here; and he say' yah 'just the same like.”
Tom Swift and His Giant Cannon, or, the Longest Shots on Record
“But for the left to rely on that kind of yah-boo retort only deepens its current malaise.”
“McDojos fed them a much lamer poison: the mistaken belief that yelling "yah" when you slapped at someone gave you the ability to defend yourself.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘yah’.
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EN - 3-letter words of the pattern CVC
With the exception of abbreviations and mosaic words all types of words (proper names, past tense of verbs, etc.) are allowed.
for, was, not, his, but, has, had, can, her, him, new, now and 339 more...
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3-letter Scrabble Words
aah, aal, aas, aba, abo, abs, aby, ace, act, add, ado, ads and 995 more...
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Grunts, Sounds, Calls
Aah, achoo, ack, ah, aha, ahem, ah-ha, aw, baa, bah, blah, boo and 64 more...
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3LW
3 letter words, not the girl band.
boggle and speed scrabble would not be half as fun without them.aah, boa, dot, fun, ick, log, oca, pyx, sos, was, aal, bob and 342 more...
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Jamaican Glossary
The liner notes that accompany Papa San's dancehall album God & i include this thoughtful list of Jamaican-to-American translations, to aid in understanding what the heck he's saying in each song.
yah, yeh, yuy, woulda, wort, wid, wi, wes', wen, whey, wau, wanda and 151 more...
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Jamaican patois
"I and I plant the corn..."
i and i, rudeboy, ragamuffin, youth, dem, jamrock, jamden, fat 'matic, likkle, tuff, whe, inna and 132 more...
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DYSLEXIC'S DREAD
Words That Make Sense in Reverse Too! Bad news for a dyslexic, 'cause s/he's got no clue if s/he read the word correctly or not, as opposed to a palindrome (i.e., no mistake possible, cf. "Dyslexic...
tool, lever, nap, pool, leer, leek, desserts, strop, doom, ukiah, yaws, ward and 213 more...
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Names of G-d
shadai, elohim, adonai, shechinah, yah, yud-hay-vav-hay, hashem, el, ha-gibbor, ehyeh-asher-ehyeh, eyn sof
Tweets
Looking for tweets for yah.
oroboros Hay in reverse. Nov 2, 2007