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Slang beginning with Y English lesson


What will I learn from the English lesson slang beginning with Y?

During this English lesson you will be able to use the list to find out the meaning of any slang beginning with Y you might read or hear about.

Click on each letter of the alphabet to get the list of the slang words with an explanation of each.

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** Warning some slang is of an adult nature **

Slang words beginning with Y

Y

Y is American slang for the YMCA.
Y is American slang for the male homosexual community.

YACK

Yack is slang for an exclamation of disgust. Yack is slang for incessant talk, idle chatter. Yack is slang for a laugh or joke.

YACKA

Yacka is Australian slang for work.

YACKER

Yacker is Australian slang for work.

YACKERS

Yackers is British slang for money.

YACKETY−YAK

Yakety−yak is slang for noisy, stupid and incessant talking.

YACKY

Yacky is slang for disgusting, vile.

YAH

Yah is British slang for a former public school student.

YAHOO

Yahoo is slang for a lout, an oaf.

YAK

Yak is slang for noisy, stupid and incessant talking. Yak is slang for a laugh or joke.
Yak is American slang for to vomit

YAKKA

Yakka is Australian slang for work.

YAKKER

Yakker is Australian slang for hard work.

YAM

Yam is Black−American slang for to eat.

YAMMER

Yammer is slang for to complain, to wail. Yammer is slang for to talk insistently.

YANG

Yang is American slang for the penis.

YANK

Yank is slang for an act of masturbation. Yank is British slang for an American.

YANK OFF

Yank off is slang for to masturbate.

YANK SOMEONE'S CHAIN

Yank someone's chain is American slang for to mislead, to deceive, to irritate.

YANK SOMEONE'S CRANK

Yank someone's crank is American slang for to mock, to mislead, to irritate.

YANKING

Yanking is British slang for consorting with Americans.

YAP

Yap is slang for to talk incessantly. Yap is slang for talk, chatter.
Yap is slang for the mouth.
Yap is American slang for a country person.

YARD

Yard is slang for the penis.
Yard is American slang for one thousand.
Yard is American slang for one hundred dollars.
Yard is Jamaican slang for Jamaica.

YARD ON

Yard on is Black American slang for to be unfaithful.

YARDBIRD

Yardbird is American slang for a military recruit.
Yardbird is American slang for someone assigned menial outdoor duties.
Yardbird is American slang for a convict.
Yardbirdis American slang for a vagrant who frequents railway yards.

YARDIE

See "Yardy"

YARDMAN

Yardman is Jamaican slang for a Jamaican.

YARDY

Yardy (yardie) is a Jamaican slang expression for someone (Jamaican or foreign) who knows their way around the island, and especially the ghetto.

YARK

Yark is American slang for to vomit.

YARRA

Yarra is Australian slang for crazy, mad, insane.

YATTER

Yatter is slang for to talk incessantly, to talk inanely.

YAWN

Yawn is slang for something boring, dull, uninspiring.

YAWNSVILLE

Yawnsville is slang for something or someone boring.

YEAH−MAN

Yeah−man is Jamaican slang for yes.

YEAR

Year is American slang for one dollar.

YEASTING

Yeasting is Black−American slang for to exaggerate.

YEECH

Yeech is American slang for to vomit.

YEGG

Yegg is American slang for a burglar or safe−breaker.

YEH

Yeh is slang for cannabis.

YELL

Yell is British slang for a good joke, a source of hilarity. Yell is British slang for a riotous party.
Yell is slang for an instance of vomiting.

YELL AT THE GROUND

Yell at the ground is American slang for to vomit.

YELL FOR HUGHIE

Yell for Hughie is American slang for to vomit.

YELLOW

Yellow is slang for cowardly.
Yellow is slang for oriental women viewed purely as sex partners.
Yellow is American slang for LSD.

YELLOW BOY

Yellow boy is slang for a gold coin.

YELLOW EYE

Yellow eye is Black−American slang for an egg.

YELLOW JACKETS

Yellow Jackets is slang for phenobarbital. Yellow Jackets is slang for secobarbital.
Yellow−jackets is American slang for Nembutal or other barbiturate pills.

YELLOW SATIN

Yellow satin is slang for oriental women viewed purely as sex partners.

YELLOW SILK

Yellow silk is slang for oriental women viewed purely as sex partners.

YELLOW VELVET

Yellow velvet is slang for oriental women viewed purely as sex partners.

YELLOW−BELLY

Yellow−belly is slang for a coward.

YELLOWS

Yellows is slang for valium.
Yellows is American slang for Nembutal or other barbiturate pills.

YEN SHEE

Yen shee is slang for opium.

YEN SLEEP

Yen sleep is slang for a trance brought on by smoking opium.

YENTA

Yenta is slang for a shrewish woman, a gossip, a crone.

YENTI

Yenti is slang for a shrewish woman, a gossip, a crone.

YER

Yer is Dorset slang for ear. Yer is Dorset slang for here. Yer is Dorset slang for to hear.

YERBA

Yerba is slang for cannabis.

YERHIA

Yerhia is slang for cannabis.

YESCA

Yesca is slang for cannabis.

YETI

Yeti is British slang for a primitive, repellent or stupid person.

YEWS

Yews is Polari slang for eyes.

YID

Yid is slang for a Jew.
Yid is British slang for a supporter of Tottenham Hotspur football club.

YIKE

Yike is Australian slang for a brawl or violent quarrel.

YIKES

Yikes is slang for an expression of surprise or astonishment.

YING−YANG

Ying−Yang is American slang for the anus. Ying−Yang is American slang for the sex organs.

YINYANG

Yinyang is American slang for the anus. Yinyang is American slang for the sex organs.

YIPPY

Yippy is slang for a member of the Youth International Party.

YO

Yo is slang for a greeting or an attention grabbing call.

YO−YO

Yo−yo is slang for a stupid and easily manipulated person.

YOB

Yob (yobbo) is slang for a lout or hooligan.

YOBBO

See "Yob"

YODEL

Yodel is American slang for to vomit.

YODEL IN THE CANYON

Yodel in the canyon is American slang for to perform cunnilingus.

YODEL IN THE VALLEY

Yodel in the valley is British and Australian slang for to perform cunnilingus.

YOK

Yok is slang for a laugh, a joke.

YOMP

Yomp is slang for to walk hard and with vigour.
Yomp is military slang for march over difficult terrain with heavy equipment.

YONI

Yoni is slang for the vagina.

YONKS

Yonks is British slang for an age, a long time.

YONNIE

Yonnie is Australian slang for a stone.

YORK

York is American slang for to vomit.

YORKSHIRE

Yorkshire is British slang for avarice.

YOU AND ME

You and me is London Cockney rhyming slang for tea.

YOU−KNOW−WHAT

You−know−what is slang for sexual activity.

YOUNG FOGEY

Young fogey is British slang for a well mannered, unfashionable, young person.

YOUNGBLOOD

Youngblood is American slang for a Black youth.

YOUR FUNERAL

Your funeral is slang for an unpleasant concern for which one must accept the consequences.

YOUT' MAN

Yout' man is Jamaican slang for a youth.

YOUTH

Youth is Jamaican slang for a hero, young people in general.

YOYO

Yoyo is slang for a silly, eccentric, frivolous person.

YUCK

Yuck is slang for horrible, vile, distasteful.

YUCKY

Yucky is slang for horrid, nasty.

YUKE

Yuke is American slang for to vomit.

YUM−YUM

Yum−yum is American slang for sugar.

YUMMY

Yummy is slang for delicious.

YUPIFY

Yuppify is slang for to renovate and improve with a view to attracting professional people.

YUPPIE

Yuppie is slang for a young, snobby, wealthy, professional.