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YAMOs

YAMOs is the plural of YAMO.

Meaning of YAMO

Noun

YAMO (plural YAMOs)

  1. (derogatory) An intermicronational organisation that is useless, unnecessary or deficient in some aspect; used to insult, or convey disapproval of, an intermicronational organisation.
    • In a series of clumsy announcements on the Yahoo! Micronationalism Club, a person by the name of John Bakersley has announced the formation of YAMO, this one called, variously, the "United MicroNations" (not to be confused with another one by that name, long ago defunct) […] This new venture seems...2000 March 28, Peter Ravn Rasmussen, “Nothing new under the Sun”, in Ignes Fatui, number 6, archived from the original on 27 Feb 2001
    1. (broadly, derogatory, rare, potentially derogatory) Any intermicronational organisation.
      • I think the day of YAMOs is long past. LoSS tried to have some form of exclusivity, and the only result was that micronationalists went elsewhere. If people find our forum, and participate, then they [are] very welcome.2006 May 20, Eskimo_Nell [Richard Shears], “Re: News from Talossa”, in Micro-Nations.com, archived from the original on 31 Jul 2008

Questions about YAMOs

What is YAMOs the plural of?
YAMOs is the plural of YAMO.

Words near YAMOs in the dictionary

  1. yamming
  2. yammy
  3. Yamnaya
  4. YAMO
  5. yamogenin
  6. YAMOs
  7. Yamoussoukro
  8. yamp
  9. yampa
  10. Yampa River
  11. yampah

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