C20: from yah , the spoken form of yes supposedly used by upper-class British people
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Like one time he ate a bag of really strong coffee and he was like, yah!
From Slate • Dec. 20, 2020
I hope it makes it yah dance your pants off!
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2020
Yes, “Fargo” is finally back and that’s a reason to rejoice, don’t yah know?
From Seattle Times • Apr. 14, 2017
“We were pretending to cut hair but YouTube critics said, yah, fake, so thanks to the naysayers we had to ramp it up and bring more reality to it,” he recalls.
From The Guardian • Oct. 30, 2015
“What’da yah say, Tony, you goin’ be her priest!”
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
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