Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- pronoun You. Used in addressing two or more people or referring to two or more people, one of whom is addressed.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The chetah or hunting-leopard, Guepardus jubatus. Also
youze . See cut underchetah .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- pronoun regional You (plural). Sometimes as youse guys
- pronoun You (singular).
- phrase African American Vernacular
you are ,you're
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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If youse play fair, mabbe youse'll get a look-in on de rake-off; if youse throws me down, the first shot I fires won't miss _youse_.
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Surely youse is not trying to suggest that, after all the other white bankers left the table and you were the only white one left, the black guys thought you were 'one of them'!?!
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Surely youse is not trying to suggest that, after all the other white bankers left the table and you were the only white one left, the black guys thought you were 'one of them'!?!
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Surely youse is not trying to suggest that, after all the other white bankers left the table and you were the only white one left, the black guys thought you were 'one of them'!?!
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Surely youse is not trying to suggest that, after all the other white bankers left the table and you were the only white one left, the black guys thought you were 'one of them'!?!
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Surely youse is not trying to suggest that, after all the other white bankers left the table and you were the only white one left, the black guys thought you were 'one of them'!?!
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Surely youse is not trying to suggest that, after all the other white bankers left the table and you were the only white one left, the black guys thought you were 'one of them'!?!
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Surely youse is not trying to suggest that, after all the other white bankers left the table and you were the only white one left, the black guys thought you were 'one of them'!?!
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Surely youse is not trying to suggest that, after all the other white bankers left the table and you were the only white one left, the black guys thought you were 'one of them'!?!
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Surely youse is not trying to suggest that, after all the other white bankers left the table and you were the only white one left, the black guys thought you were 'one of them'!?!
slumry commented on the word youse
Nonstandard--a word not to be used unless one is prepared to take the consequences.
July 10, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word youse
It's OK. I'm yoused to that kind of thing. ;)
July 10, 2007
slumry commented on the word youse
That's good!
July 10, 2007
reesetee commented on the word youse
Didn't we have the youse/yins/y'all discussion somewhere else?
Or maybe it wasn't youse guys. ;->
July 10, 2007
kad commented on the word youse
there was a you'uns thread going...
July 10, 2007
slumry commented on the word youse
Yes, well some of us johnny-come-latelys missed earlier discussions. ;-)
Or is it Johnny-comes-lately; surely not Johnny-come-latelies?
July 10, 2007
slumry commented on the word youse
Well, silly me: it is Johnnies-come-lately or Johnny-come-latelies. Of course. How could I not have known.
July 10, 2007
reesetee commented on the word youse
You're right, kad. Slumry, in addition to you'uns, see y'all for more Wordie shenanigans. :-)
July 10, 2007
slumry commented on the word youse
Thanks for the reference, r.
July 10, 2007
seanahan commented on the word youse
Re: Johnnies come Lately, I suggest you read Stephen Pinker's excellent The Language Instinct . It is a must for any self-respecting Wordie and the whole section on headless compounds will help explain this problem.
July 11, 2007
slumry commented on the word youse
Thanks, the book is in my library and on my very long to-read list. Perhaps I will now be inspired to get to it sooner rather than later. Any other books you would particulary recommend to Wordies? I know that, too, could be a very long list.
July 11, 2007
reesetee commented on the word youse
Thanks, seanahan--been thinking about reading that one myself. I'll add it to my 20-page reading list. ;-)
July 11, 2007
oroboros commented on the word youse
I'd recommend "Grammatical Man" by Jeremy Campbell. And, as a complement to The Language Instinct try "The Math Instinct" by Keith Devlin. Both are absolutely fascinating...
July 11, 2007
reesetee commented on the word youse
Thanks, o. The list grows ever longer. :-)
July 11, 2007
oroboros commented on the word youse
Oh, and here's something right up our "alley"
July 11, 2007
kad commented on the word youse
I love the 'How to Speak 19th Century' page! It reminds me of John's list of Olde Fashyned Slang:
http://wordie.org/people/John?wl=917
July 19, 2007