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y'all means all

y'all means all proverb: bigotry and intolerance are unacceptable; no one should be discriminated against.

Proverb

y'all means all

  1. (Southern US, slang) Bigotry and intolerance are unacceptable; no one should be discriminated against.
    • I stay here to continue to insist, as the saying goes, that y'all means all, that the loudest, crudest voices don't get to have the last word. Oh, I could move to a liberal enclave in the no-nonsense North, but I like a bit of nonsense,[…]2018 May 16, Susan Cushman, Southern Writers on Writing, Univ. Press of Mississippi, →ISBN
    • "Y'all means all," I proclaimed from the pulpit. The message was simple enough : If we're going to be a welcoming church , we've got to open the doors to everyone. No exceptions. Some folks nodded in approval , but others looked[…]2019, Rob Lee, A Sin by Any Other Name: Reckoning with Racism and the Heritage of the South, Convergent Books, →ISBN, page 118

Questions about y'all means all

What does y'all means all mean?
Y'all means all means bigotry and intolerance are unacceptable; no one should be discriminated against.
What part of speech is y'all means all?
Y'all means all is a proverb.

Words near y'all means all in the dictionary

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