yah

[ yah, yai ]

interjection

1. an exclamation of impatience or derision.

Yah

¹

/ jɑː /

noun

1. informal.
   an affected upper-class person

yah

²

/ jɛə; jɑː /

sentence substitute

1. an informal word for yes, often used to indicate derision or contempt

interjection

1. an exclamation of derision or disgust

Word History and Origins

Origin of yah¹

C20: from yah , the spoken form of yes supposedly used by upper-class British people

Example Sentences

“Did yah cry ’cause you lost your sprinkies, Spanky Baby?”

From Literature

“If you get elected and you become someone important, don’t become crazy, yah?” said one of the comedians, Eky Priyagung, a reference to the 2019 election, when the opposite happened: Some candidates who lost were so devastated that they had to seek inpatient care for their mental health.

From New York Times

In Massachusetts, there was the inevitable play on the Boston accent: “Changing lanes? Use Yah Blinkah.”

From New York Times

When he was secretary of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation in 2014, the “Use Yah Blinkah” highway message got a lot of positive attention from Boston drivers and the local news media, he said.

From New York Times

Among those that will be disappearing are messages such as “Use Yah Blinkah” in Massachusetts; “Visiting in-laws? Slow down, get there late,” from Ohio; “Don’t drive Star Spangled Hammered,” from Pennsylvania; “Hocus pocus, drive with focus” from New Jersey; and “Hands on the wheel, not your meal” from Arizona.

From Seattle Times