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Y
- Y
- The letter “Y” was introduced to our alphabet by two early English speaking existentialists and a linguist. The linguist suggested that it might be useful to have a letter which apart from making the sound of a previously unheard of consonant, would also serve to sound like either of two established vowels. One existentialist said, “Why?” The other one said, “Why not?”
- Yahoo
- 1. a dysfunctional online service which is in part meant to help find people not wanting to be found.
- 2. a sarcastic utterance of mock excitement.
- 3. in the South, the sound of a person who is armed, emotionally unstable, and extremely intoxicated.
- Yankee
- 1. one hailing from the upper-over-over-upper-over 48 states.
- 2. the opposite of a rebel.
see also gnat-fucker. - year
- 1. the minimum period of time required to truly let oneself down.
- 2. the expiration date on the slightly edited resolutions of the previous year which were by turn edited upon the anteceder’s expiration and so on.
- yearning
- n, the need for a new pancreas.
- yes
- usually, the opposite of “no,” though these two words mixed with enough hormones and ethyl-alcohol revert to their basic semantical companion: “okay.”
more at no. - yesterday
- the day one reasonably resolves to change destructive patterns of behavior.
more at tomorrow. - yoke
- 1. incentive stock options.
- 2. the welfare of the children.
- 3. your sponsor’s pager number.