yayo

See also: yayō

English

Alternative forms

• yeyo, yay

Etymology

From Spanish llello.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjeɪ.oʊ/

Noun

yayo (uncountable)

1. (US, slang) cocaine
   • 1983, “Rush, Rush”, in Deborah Harry and Giorgio Moroder (lyrics), Scarface, performed by Debbie Harry, Universal Music Publishing Group:

     Rush-rush to the yayo; buzz-buzz give me yayo.

   • 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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Aragonese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

yayo m (plural yayos)

1. grandpa

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “yayo”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

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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

Unknown 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 Catalan avia (“grandmother”) (from 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 Greek γιαγιά (giagiá, “grandmother”).

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Pronounce the English word “yellow” (which is often the color of pure cocaine) as if it were a Spanish word and you get yayo.

Pronunciation

 

• 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

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Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish yayo (“grandpa”). Compare Catalan iaio and Cebuano yayo.

Noun

yayo (feminine yaya)

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