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yayness

yayness interjection: yay; hooray.

Interjection

  1. (childish, slang) yay; hooray
    • Wooo, yayness for you also! :)2000, Miss Sparkle, “Much yayness of the yay variety!”, in alt.uk.penpals (Usenet)
    • I finally have Aliens Special Edition! Yayness!2001, Belegdel, “ten for ten [poll]”, in aus.culture.gothic (Usenet)

Origin of yayness

From yay + -ness.

Questions about yayness

What does yayness mean?
Yayness means yay; hooray.
What part of speech is yayness?
Yayness is an interjection.

Words near yayness in the dictionary

  1. yaya papaya
  2. yayan
  3. Yayantique
  4. yayas
  5. Yayati
  6. yayness
  7. yayo
  8. Yayoi
  9. yayoisaponin
  10. yays
  11. yayue

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