y'ever

Pronoun

you (second person, singular or plural, nominative or objective, possessive determiner your, possessive pronoun yours, singular reflexive yourself, plural reflexive yourselves)

1. (nominative, objective, plural, second-person, singular, object pronoun) The people spoken, or written to, as an object.
   • Both of you should get ready now.
2. (US, colloquial, nominative, objective, plural, pronoun) (To) yourselves, (to) yourself.
   • If I may counsaile you, some day or two / Your Highnesse shall repose you at the Tower [...].c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
3. (nominative, objective, plural, second-person, singular, object pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.)
   • I charge you, as ye woll have my love, that ye warne your kynnesmen that ye woll beare that day the slyve of golde uppon your helmet.c. 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VIII
4. (nominative, objective, plural, pronoun, second-person, singular) The people spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Replacing ye.)
   • You are all supposed to do as I tell you.
5. (nominative, objective, plural, pronoun, second-person, singular) The person spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Originally as a mark of respect.)
   • You are right, Fanny, to protest against such an office, but you need not be afraid.1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter IX, in Mansfield Park: […], volume II, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 208
6. (colloquial, nominative, objective, plural, pronoun, second-person) A person's favorite sports team.
   • I get that you're from Southeast Michigan, but I'm still surprised that you're a Detroit Lions fan. You have been on the receiving end of losing seasons for a while now.

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