Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yam yam

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.74 in modern English

Syllables: yam yam
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who speaks the Black Country dialect.

British usage; Countable; Derogatory; Informal

noun

The dialect spoken in the Black Country.

British usage; Derogatory; Informal; Uncountable

noun

Colloquial; Uncountable

Example Sentences

""What's 'er say?" 'Er said: "Am yow a Yam Yam?", Ah said "Ar bab, I am!"."
"You may have seen it during the never-ending repeats of Seinfeld. Elaine has a bagel or two for breakfast, takes a drug test for work, and the next day finds out she tested positive for opium - “You know, white lotus. Yam-yam. Shanghai Sally,” her boss, Mr. Peterman, tells her."
"In the episode with Robert Duvall, Buz revealed that in the past he had his own problems with the White Horse, the Brown Sugar, the old Yam Yam, which seemed like a really cool thing to me."

Etymology

From the local use of "yow am" (or "yow'm") instead of "you are".

Usage

Inflected Forms

yam yams (plural)

Questions

What does yam yam mean?: A person who speaks the Black Country dialect.
Where does yam yam come from?: From the local use of "yow am" (or "yow'm") instead of "you are".

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