yabba
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of yabba
C20: of unknown origin
Example Sentences
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“If you’re looking for alternatives, I’ll accept splendid, yummy, dazzling, spectacular, surprising, delicious, delectable, heavenly, exquisite, tasty, yabba dabba doo, or ‘hot damn I’m spoiled.’”
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 27, 2017
“If you’re looking for alternatives, I’ll accept splendid, yummy, dazzling, spectacular, surprising, delicious, delectable, heavenly, exquisite, tasty, yabba dabba doo or ‘hot damn I’m spoiled.’
From Washington Post ● Nov. 26, 2017
“We live like the Flintstones compared to the Jetsons, yabba dabba doo,” Alderman Samuel Moore, whose district includes much of MLK, told me.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 18, 2016
Izzard's conclusion: It means "yabba dabba do," and he suggested that churchgoers start discreetly introducing the phrase into hymns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2015
Ole man plenty time bin yabba me debil-debil before long time, bin catch 'em ole man ole woman.
From Confessions of a Beachcomber by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)
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