yookay
/juːˈkeɪ/
yookay proper noun: the United Kingdom, as having been impacted by perceived failures in multicultural policy.
Proper noun
the yookay
- The United Kingdom, as having been impacted by perceived failures in multicultural policy.
- Rucksacked Deliveroo cyclists in convoy, swarming along road and pavement. Tattered, pockmarked high streets, enlivened only by phone shops, chicken shops and random outbursts of violence. And, most prominently, black and South Asian men, the former threateningly ski-masked and communicating...2025 April 23, Nicholas Harris, “Anarchy in the ‘yookay’”, in The New Statesman, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2025
- The multicultural Britain of today, or “yookay” as it has come to be disparagingly called, has since taken on a character all of its own, a long way from the “narrow, English-dominated” society derided by the Parekh Report.2025 May 5, Luca Watson, “Nobody likes the yookay aesthetic”, in The Critic, archived from the original on 21 May 2025
Origin of yookay
Eye dialect for UK. Originally coined on the /pol/ and /int/ boards of 4chan before being popularised by X user @kunley_drukpa in 2023. Compare Ukay, coined by journalist Peter Hitchens in 2010.
Words that rhyme with yookay
Questions about yookay
- What does yookay mean?
- Yookay means the United Kingdom, as having been impacted by perceived failures in multicultural policy.
- What part of speech is yookay?
- Yookay is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce yookay?
- Yookay is pronounced /juːˈkeɪ/.
Words near yookay in the dictionary
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