Slang words: Y
141 slang and Internet words starting with Y, each with its slang meaning. Trending slang
- y'all means allBigotry and intolerance are unacceptable; no one should be discriminated against.
- yabbyTo show disrespect by denouncing or insulting; to diss.
- yabosA woman's breasts.
- yack onTo talk at length, in an annoying, boring and long-winded way.
- yackety-yakProlonged chatter; uninterrupted, idle talk; gossip.
- yadadameanDo you know what I mean? Do you understand?
- Yahoo!A web portal and search engine located at yahoo.com.
- YahooerOne who uses a Yahoo! service.
- YahtzeeA Nazi.
- yakA yakuza member.
- yakkerOne who yaks; a chatterbox or motormouth.
- yallahC'mon, come on, let's go.
- yallahballA tactical style or brand of play characterized by extreme pace, chaos, high urgency, and direct vertical...
- yamTo eat.
- YamahogA large motorcycle of the Yamaha brand.
- yandereA character, usually a girl, who has an obsessive and possessive side regarding their crush, ready to use...
- Yank tankA large American car.
- Yankee cheese-boxThe USS Monitor, USS Montauk and similar American Civil War-era ironclad ships.
- Yankee dimeA kiss.
- yanniganA rookie.
- yaoi handA large (typically disproportionate) hand of a man or boy, associated with early yaoi (Japanese homoerotic...
- yaoicestYaoi involving incest.
- yaoifulSynonym of yuriful (“uncommonly good”).
- yaoigemUncommonly good gay (male/male) erotic or romantic content.
- yaouriA heterosexual relationship.
- yaourigemUncommonly good enbian or heterosexual erotic or romantic content.
- yapTo rob or steal from (someone).
- YapaneseIncomprehensible and meaningless speech; nonsense, waffle.
- yapfestAn occasion characterized by excessive yapping.
- yapperA person's mouth, especially one that gossips or talks too much.
- yappieA young affluent parent.
- yappismExcessive talking or rambling.
- yappologistA person who talks or rambles excessively.
- yappuccinoAny written or spoken material that is excessively lengthy or lacks a clear purpose.
- yard100 dollars.
- yardbirdA person who is imprisoned.
- yardenAn area which is both a yard and a garden.
- yardieA yard of ale.
- yarn bombTo cover (a public structure) with decorative knitted yarn, as a form of graffiti or street art.
- yartA THC cartridge.
- yartzTo vomit.
- yas queenAn expression of approval, support, or encouragement.
- YASDThe player's accidental death, caused by carelessness, in a roguelike video game.
- YashaNickname for Yandex (calque, Russian slang).
- yassificationThe process of making something relevant to or suggestive of LGBTQ+ culture.
- yassifyTo apply several beauty filters to (a picture or video of someone), typically making the subject look more...
- yattWoman.
- yattaAn exclamation of happiness or excitement.
- yawkImitative for the sound of a shot, in particular of a gun.
- yawnableBoring; tedious.
- yayCocaine (powder or crack).
- yaynessYay; hooray.
- yayoCocaine.
- yeYes, yeah.
- yeastTo exaggerate.
- yeastie beastieA yeast infection.
- yedA self-reference to the editor of a periodical; a substitution for the editor's name or signature.
- yeeYes, yeah.
- yeenA hyena, often in reference to an anthropomorphic depiction of one.
- yeetTo throw (something) with great force; to hurl.
- yeeterSomeone who yeets.
- YeezyKanye West (born 1977), American rap musician.
- yeggA person who breaks open safes; a burglar.
- yeggmanA person who breaks open safes, a burglar; a yegg.
- yellow boyIron(III) hydroxide, a yellow-orange solid found in acidic water from mining projects.
- yellow feverAn attraction to ethnically East Asian men or women, expressed by non-East Asian (especially white European...
- yellow jacketA capsule of pentobarbital sodium (or sometimes other barbiturates), especially when used as a recreational...
- yellow outTo chicken out.
- yellow sheetA criminal record.
- yellowbellySomeone from Lincolnshire, or from the Isle of Ely.
- yenOpium.
- yepperoniYes.
- yepperooYes.
- yeppoYes.
- yer oneAn unknown or unnamed person.
- yesTo attempt to flatter someone by habitually agreeing.
- yesn'tYes, but actually no; yes and no.
- yestergayA former gay male who is now in a heterosexual relationship.
- YewtreeTo investigate historic sexual offences as part of Operation Yewtree, or otherwise reveal or allege someone...
- YHJBTSynonym of YHBT: you have just been trolled.
- YiddisherOne who speaks Yiddish.
- yiffThe bark of a fox.
- yiffpileA furpile involving sexual activity.
- yiffsuitSynonym of murrsuit.
- yiffySexually aroused.
- yingletA fictional small, furred, sapient, mollusc-eating creature with characteristics of rats, birds, and reptiles...
- yippee creatureSynonym of autism creature.
- YLA female radio amateur.
- yoAn expression of surprise or excitement.
- yo-yo modeThe condition of having repeated intermittent failures, such that the system alternates between being up and...
- yodel in the canyonTo perform cunnilingus.
- yodel up the valleySynonym of yodel in the canyon.
- yoinkTo kill.
- yokeA pill of a psychoactive drug.
- yokedMarried.
- yokibusA miscellaneous thing or whimsical contraption; a thingamajig.
- yolaCocaine.
- yomperA soldier who participates in a yomp, or long-distance march.
- yonksA long time (especially a longer time than expected); ages.
- yoofYouth (young person, young people or the state of being young).
- yoogleTo increase yield or optimize returns in decentralized finance.
- yorkTo vomit.
- yosi boyAn ambulant male cigarette vendor.
- you can't fix stupidIt is often fruitless to help people who are stupid and do stupid things.
- you happy jiu OKUsed to show snide disagreement.
- you knows itIndicates agreement, approval, encouragement.
- you said a mouthfulYou have said something correct or apposite.
- you snooze you loseIf one is not alert and attentive, one will not be successful.
- you the birthdayYou are the metaphorical embodiment of celebration, joy, and being the center of attention; you are the "star...
- youfieSynonym of selfie.
- young boulA young male.
- young stunnaLoiter; idler (predominantly young male hip-hop hypebeasts).
- youngheadA young person; a teenager.
- youngmanA younger lover or sexual partner.
- your barn door is openA discreet warning that one’s trouser fly is undone.
- youthemismA euphemism that is used to appeal to older individuals, to make them feel younger.
- youthyYouth centre.
- YouTube baitA form of content specifically designed to attract views on YouTube by leveraging sensationalism...
- YouTube PooperA creator of YouTube poop videos.
- YouTube UniversityThe video-sharing platform YouTube, regarded as an (often informal or low-quality) source of knowledge.
- YouTuberA user of the video-sharing website YouTube.
- YouTubianA user of video-sharing website YouTube.
- yuckSynonym of yearling (“a sophomore at West Point military academy”).
- yuck someone's yumTo disparage someone's tastes or preferences.
- yucksterA comedian.
- YugituberA YouTuber who makes videos about Yu-Gi-Oh!
- yukSomething, such as a joke, that causes such a laugh.
- YukiMaiThe ship of characters Yuki and Mai from the bullet hell video game Touhou Kaikidan ~ Mystic Square.
- yumeshipperSynonym of selfshipper.
- yummy mummyA mother who is sexually attractive.
- yummyliciousExtremely tasty or delicious.
- yumptiousDelicious, yummy.
- yumtasticYummy; delicious.
- yuncA young person who acts in an unusually mature or worldly manner; a young unc.
- yuppie food stampA $20 bill, as dispensed from an ATM.
- yuppiedomThe condition of being a yuppie.
- yuribaitMedia that teases a romantic relationship between female characters without explicit confirmation.
- yuricestYuri involving incest.
- yurifulUncommonly good, wonderful, awesome.
- yurigemUncommonly good lesbian erotic or romantic content.
- YurikaThe ship of characters Yuri and Monika from the visual novel videogame Doki Doki Literature Club!.
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Slang meanings adapted from the Wiktionary entry of each word (English slang). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the words, left out vulgar and offensive ones, and linked each to its full entry. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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