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yod-dropper

yod-dropper noun: a person whose speech features yod-dropping.

Noun

yod-dropper (plural yod-droppers)

  1. A person whose speech features yod-dropping.
    • British English speakers are reluctant yod-droppers here.2002, Kate Burridge, Blooming English: Observations on the Roots, Cultivation and Hybrids of the English Language, ABC Books, →ISBN, page 31
    • By contrast, Chad, 44, has no academic connection and is, correctly, a self-reported yod-dropper.2015, Stefan Dollinger, The Written Questionnaire in Social Dialectology: History, Theory, Practice (IMPACT: Studies in Language and Society), 40, John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 85

Forms of yod-dropper

pluralyod-droppers

Questions about yod-dropper

What does yod-dropper mean?
Yod-dropper means a person whose speech features yod-dropping.
What part of speech is yod-dropper?
Yod-dropper is a noun.
What is the plural of yod-dropper?
The plural of yod-dropper is yod-droppers.

Words near yod-dropper in the dictionary

  1. Yocums
  2. yod
  3. yod coalescence
  4. yod dropping
  5. yod-coalescence
  6. yod-dropper
  7. yod-droppers
  8. yod-dropping
  9. Yoda
  10. Yoda condition
  11. Yoda conditions

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