yeasayer

[ yey-sey-er ]

noun

1. a person with an optimistic and confident outlook.
2. a person who habitually agrees with or is submissive to others.

Word History and Origins

Origin of yeasayer¹

First recorded in 1915–20; yea + (nay)sayer

Example Sentences

Cited as an influence by everyone from Beyoncé to the experimental rock group Yeasayer, Aaliyah remains a modern-day icon, a generational talent whose musical footprint stretches across genres, her lasting image still invoked by young pop stars who weren’t even alive when she was.

From Slate

Since the band’s debut in 2007, Yeasayer has done its part to keep rock weird and wonderful, exploring the freakier corners of folk, embracing psychedelia and traversing the musical globe for sounds and rhythms.

From Washington Post

More than 50m tracks from 14m artists has been lost, including the songs that led to the rise of the “Myspace Generation” cohort of artists, including Lily Allen, Arctic Monkeys and Yeasayer.

From The Guardian

They were part of a group of acts, which included Yeasayer, Passion Pit and Santogold, who went from Brooklyn warehouse infamy to suddenly proper on-David-Letterman famous.

From The Guardian

Few indie-leaning rock bands take the art of the music video more seriously than Yeasayer.

From New York Times