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US /joʊ/ UK /jəʊ/
Freq #1106

Meanings

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Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 intj · informal: a greeting or... heyhi
2 intj · informal: an exclamation of... wowhey
3 det · nonstandard pronunciation... your
4 noun · an abbreviation of years... years old
Word family
Derived forms yo-hoyo-ho-ho
Related forms heyhiyea

Etymology

The call is recorded in English from the Middle Ages and is related to forms meaning yes or used to hail someone. Its modern informal greeting became especially associated with Philadelphia and later spread widely through American popular culture.

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