Sep 2, 2011 · In the Neapolitan dialect "guaglione" (pronounced guahl-YO-nay) signified a young man. The chiefly unlettered immigrants shortened that to guahl-YO, which they pronounced …

Mar 6, 2018 · Yo, just do your job! YO!, here Yo is being used at the end of the sentence as a declarative or imperative exclamation, but my question is can "Yo" also be used alone to end a …

11 "Yo mama" does mean "your mother." The "yo mama" jokes are more or less humorous insults, used as a sort of verbal sparring on the street.

Apr 25, 2017 · Yo (interjection) : A greeting or said to get someone's attention; hey: Yo, dudes and babes! - [1859+; even though yo and yoho are very old utterances, found by 1420, the …

The Oxford English Dictionary dates yoo-hoo to 1924, as noted by the American Dialect Society, and compares it to yo-ho, originally a nautical phrase also sometimes used in yo-heave-ho. …

Mar 15, 2011 · You could also say it this way: "how do you do" back has been replaced with an equally meaningless reply. It is just an exterior change of convention; etiquette demands that …

Jan 31, 2012 · The Yiddish "oy oy oy", the Spanish "ai ai ai" and the Chinese "ai ai ai" or "ai yo" are all minor variations on this theme (and pronounced distinctly). I've never heard this in …

Oct 21, 2023 · When a person basically posts every single term for a type of physical manifestation and says they still can't find it, what then? huff and chortle have nothing to do …

Jan 5, 2016 · Yo, man, them boys is Cold... This record is Cold. The word is an expression in this context (it can also define a persons style), however it can also refer to drugs. The third sense …

As others have mentioned, Christmas and New Year are proper nouns, and thus are capitalized. Generally the phrases "Merry Christmas" and "Happy New Year" are used in greetings, as …