yt
English
Adjective
yt
- (slang, African-American Vernacular, sometimes derogatory) Alternative spelling of white (“Caucasian”)
- 2017 Spring, Tess Griffin, When life gives you lemons, bleach your skin, in Growl (Hofstra English Society & Campus Feminist Collective), issue 1:
- People of color aspire to be light skinned and yt people aspire to be tan. It is only aesthetically pleasing for yt people to be brown.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:yt.
- 2017 Spring, Tess Griffin, When life gives you lemons, bleach your skin, in Growl (Hofstra English Society & Campus Feminist Collective), issue 1:
See also
Etymology 2
Abbreviation of þat (“that”), with y taking the place of the old letter thorn (þ), as in ye for þe (“the”).
Conjunction
yt
- (obsolete) Abbreviation of that.
- 1791, George IV, “Carlton House, 24 July 1791”, in A. Aspinall, editor, The Correspondence of George, Prince of Wales, 1770–1812, volume II: 1789–1794, London: Cassell, published 1964, page 177:
- The King appear'd to be much hurt at this, told me he did not credit what he told him, as he knew yt. you & I had never had any dispute together, & yt. William & you had had some misunderstanding in Germany […]
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Albanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /yt/
Declension
declension of yt
There are also alternative forms which can be used before the noun (which will be in the indefinite state, while the forms used after the noun require the noun to be definite). These forms are restricted to personal relationships like family members, for example:
- yt vëlla (“your brother”), jot motër (“your sister”)
These forms are limited to singulars.
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /yt/, [yd̥]
Adjective
yt (neuter yt, plural and definite singular attributive yt)
- out (out of fashion, not popular) [from 1982]
Synonyms
Antonyms
Middle English
Norwegian Bokmål
Yola
Pronoun
yt
- Alternative form of it
- 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, line 9:
- Yn ercha an aul o' while yt beeth wi gleezom o' core
- In each and every condition it is with joy of heart
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References
- Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 114
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