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• yah
  yah

  interjection

  an exclamation of impatience or derision.
• Yah
  Yah

  noun

  an affected upper-class person

yah

American  

[yah, yai] / yɑ, yɛə /

interjection

1. an exclamation of impatience or derision.

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yah ¹ British  

/ jɛə, jɑː /

1. an informal word for yes, often used to indicate derision or contempt

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interjection

1. an exclamation of derision or disgust

Yah ² British  

/ jɑː /

noun

1. informal an affected upper-class person

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Etymology

Origin of Yah

C20: from yah , the spoken form of _yes supposedly used by upper-class British people

Example Sentences

It is only organized when mediums at the Yong Chuan Tian Temple in Malacca receive a command from the Ong Yah deities.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 11, 2024

Yah, yah, yah, because Paqu is totally SOC R&B.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 29, 2015

Ms. Jallah has also had to care for her children, ages 2 to 11, who have been kept out of school, and she and Mr. Yah are still unwelcome at their jobs as nursing assistants.

From New York Times • Oct. 18, 2014

Yah has insurance, and his children are covered by Medicaid, but Jallah does not have insurance and is worried what might happen if she falls ill.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2014

They all had long hair, big muscles, and started every sentence with the word Yah.

From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben