Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- interj. Used as an exclamation of pleasure, approval, elation, or victory.
Wiktionary
- interj. colloquial Alternative form of yea (yes).
- interj. colloquial An expression of happiness.
- adv. so, this (accompanied by a hand gesture)
- n. The name of the letter for the y sound in Pitman shorthand.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a branch of the Tai languages
Etymologies
- Alteration of yea ("yes; even, truly, verily"). More at yea. (Wiktionary)
- Alteration of yea. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Meskipun demikian [yay yay~ aku pakai bahasa yang bagus~], aku ngga akan menyalahkan mbaMoetz * tepuk2 mbaMoetz*, karena .. hmm ... bisa dibilang kerjasama kami kemaren begitu bagus, seolah-olah kami memakai produk otak yang sama jadi pikirannya juga hampir sama.”
“* yay … yay*, and then continue to Jogjakarta the day after.”
“My feet are pasted on yay" is not the look to go for here.”
“I was getting more than a little irritated by the time I finally entered Wisconsin - yay, a new state for me!”
“My policy is to request books by name yay Amazon wish-lists!”
“Therapeutic Area Strategy Manager Job edlynne @nicolemma yay for free accomdations!”
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“Because yesterday I attended a talk by West and Josie Rourke, the director of the first show of the season, Much Ado About Nothing 'yay' - David, 'boo' - Lisa ;)) in which West plays Benedict.”
“He voted against the health care reform bill, but he's criticized by the right for his "yay" vote on the 2009 stimulus package.”
The Huffington Post: Ashley Killough: McMahon Gets Top New York Endorsements
“So, I give it a "yay" but I also don't recommend a purchase for anyone until it's bargain bin.”
“Normally I am the suspicious type but I'm going to say 'yay' for Donatra and welcome her to the Klingon race where she will hopefully remain as a woman of honour and valour rather than turn out to be nothing but a Romulan in Klingon's clothing!”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘yay’.
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one word exclamations
keep it rated G please, thanks!
( open list, randomness )zoiks, sheesh, gosh, shucks, jeez, woot, heck, thunderation, oops, gadzooks, what, hey and 90 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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Curiosities
A Potpourri
progeny, ooh, meow, endearing, timepiece, touch of the crea..., meh, alarmist, taut, calligraphic, catchphrase, shinto and 6 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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Vowels only. And I mean: ONLY
Words containing no consonants and found in at least one major dictionary.
Foreign words permitted.aa, eau, oui, aiee, I, oo, euouae, eye, you, ye, yo, yay and 17 more...
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happy words
Words that cheer you up, give you happy thoughts and feelings, or just put you in a positive state of mind.
magic, childhood, dawn, smile, kitten, drizzle, friend, beach, free, love, sweet, cozy and 20 more...
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Twitter favorites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favorite word" and adds it to this list.
See also:
unfathomably, glice, cuh, fab, ciggaty, doll, thuggin, oxymoronic, pineapple, succubutt, griming, cheeky and 2369 more... -
The Sog Collection
My big word list.
chaos, flaccid, empirical, flotsam, cacophony, grumble, assuage, awe, romance, mortality, coalesce, fortuitous and 3282 more...
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DYSLEXIC'S DELIGHT
Words a dyslexic can't get wrong: Palindromes
retartrater, redivider, level, noon, rotor, civic, peep, eke, deed, tenet, reviver, hannah and 145 more...
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My Dogs' Words
treat, potty, outside, mommie, mommielina, mommierenee, kisses, yes, no, love, sit, down and 186 more...
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Spod's Words
corpulent, squidge, squiffy, sinuosity, ebullient, finger, penetrate, stimulate, recalcitrant, recidivist, dunnock, rococo and 152 more...
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D's Words
If you could "tag" people....
allemande, bebop, excessive, assiduous, bailiwick, bandana, befuddle, busker, disconcerting, clothespin, cogitate, cultivar and 55 more...
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alasophia's list
supreme, whilst, myristoylated, languish, exponentially, via, facilitate, bloke, enchant, eloquent, muse, lacquer and 31 more...
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Ellynguistix
First 50 words for miss Elise, before age 2. Today's date is 6/18/07.
Top ten most commonly said words are, in order: (1) Ow (2) Nooooo (3) Kitty (4) Mama (5) Monkey (6) Up (6) Food (7...mama, kitty, meow, monkey, ducky, quack, doggie, arf, eat, food, door, oh god and 38 more...
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just saying
yeah, alas, aargh, bah, because, boo, certainly, damn, geez, grrr, hey, lame and 34 more...
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Random as Possible
just be random
wombat, nargles, isn't it with a g, gnargles, gargle, rawr, lion, kipper, tea, english, no, it's nargles ..., moo and 68 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for yay.
ooh as in YAAAYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sep 25, 2008
arby Huzzah! Aug 20, 2007
zachhale I like this one as a phrasing of the word yes in a yippee sort of way. "Yay!" Aug 19, 2007
sonofgroucho As in "Yay or nay?" Feb 6, 2007