yayo

See also: yayō

English

Alternative forms

• yeyo, yay

Etymology

From Spanish llello.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈjeɪ.oʊ/

Noun

yayo (uncountable)

1. (US, slang) cocaine
   • 2004, Lil' Jon and the East Side Boyz (Jonathan Mortimer Smith), "Grand Finale" (rap song)

     We yayo experts, we been whippin' the yola / Since the crackas decided to take the coke from Coca-Cola.

   • 2009, Christine A. Nandi, The ABC's of Raising a Successful Student (page 7)

     They just spend their time sniffing up the yayo.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:cocaine.

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Cebuano

Etymology

From yaya. Compare Spanish yayo.

Noun

yayo

1. (often humorous) a male nanny; a manny

Verb

yayo

1. (often humorous) to work or act as a manny

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Spanish

Etymology

origin, perhaps from whimsical slang by youth. A prevailing theory, given the term's ultimate origin in Aragon and Catalan-speaking territories, is derivation from Catalan jajo (“grandpa”). It seems the first form generated was *jaja (“grandma”), from which the masculine form was derived. This would come from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Catalan avia (“grandmother”) (from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Vulgar Latin *aviōla, feminine diminutive of avus (“grandfather”)), and from juvenile palatalization would generate something like *ai̯a. The common phenomenon of syllabic repetition in children's language (cf. papa, baba, etc.) would then cause the form jaja above, which would then be spread into Spanish and masculinized.

Otherwise, perhaps masculinized from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Greek γιαγιά (giagiá, “grandmother”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈʝaʝo/ [ˈɟ͡ʝa.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝaʝo/ [ˈɟ͡ʝa.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃaʃo/ [ˈʃa.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒaʒo/ [ˈʒa.ʒo]

Noun

yayo m (plural yayos)

1. (chiefly Spain, Catalonia, informal) grandpa, pops

Related terms

• yaya