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Examples
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Then I talked to my sister about it, and she reminded me that about the time we were in middle school -- the early 90s -- the kids at our school divided themselves up into "bangers" and "yos" -- my sister specifically remembers getting teased for being a "yo" if she wore a hooded sweatshirt.
Language Log 2009
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Randy Jackson remains with the promise of "fewer 'yos' and maybe more 'nos.'"
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Randy Jackson remains with the promise of "fewer 'yos' and maybe more 'nos.'"
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I couldn't find it used third-person in a quick search-inside, but in the movie, a detective played by Harvey Keitel dismissively refers to the drug-runners as "yos".
Language Log 2009
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So now I catch little perch with my fly rod early and catfish into the night with them on jugs and yo-yos.
What is the best bait to use for any type of catfish in the spring???? 2009
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If the AGW yo-yos get their way, we will all be freezing in the bloody dark.
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Meteorologists and hydrologists try to predict peak levels and peak times, and have to revise their estimates up and down like yo-yos.
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Yo-yos were BIG when I was growing up in the late 70's, early 80's.
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So that kloofers don't bounce like yo-yos, he and Mr. Du Plooy lug hundreds of feet of "static" climbing rope that doesn't stretch as much as the "dynamic" variety.
Between a Rock and a Waterfall Peter Wonacott 2011
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So now I catch little perch with my fly rod early and catfish into the night with them on jugs and yo-yos.
What is the best bait to use for any type of catfish in the spring???? 2009
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