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Rpsh Posted 12 years ago
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It was endless... yak yak yak... Oy vey! Ted, I love ya, you're a reat guy, but shut the hell up...
I think a lot of word above are informal English. But some of them, just like this one, beyond my understanding. 'Yak' is a onomatopoeia. Ya is you. That's all I know.
Could you tell me what this on means?
I think a lot of word above are informal English. But some of them, just like this one, beyond my understanding. 'Yak' is a onomatopoeia. Ya is you. That's all I know.
Could you tell me what this on means?
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Yack yack yack means to talk endlessly (and often without much substance). [ I can't stand to have him on the phone! He just yaks on and on, and I never say a word!.
- Yack yack yack means to talk endlessly (and often without much substance).
- [ I can't stand to have him on the phone!
- He just yaks on and on, and I never say a word!.
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Yack yack yack means to talk endlessly (and often without much substance). [ I can't stand to have him on the phone! He just yaks on and on, and I never say a word!. ]
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Eh... Sorry, I mix the word 'yak' up with another word of which the capital is 'y'( But I forget the word but its meaning spitting). Thank you very much.
But the proplem hasn't been solved still. Could you tell me what 'Ov vey' is?
But the proplem hasn't been solved still. Could you tell me what 'Ov vey' is?
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I'm sorry, too. I took your spelling, when it should have been yack. (I've corrected this in my first response). You are correct, in the yak, especially in British English, means 'to vomit'. I believe it sometimes is also used to refer to a particular part of a person's lower anatomy. Oy vey is a Yiddish exclamation of dismay or exasperation like "woe is me".
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I think that "Oy vey!" is similar to "Oh dear!" in English. Literally, it means "Oh woe!"
"Woe is me!" would actually be "Vey iz mir!" in Yiddish.
"Woe is me!" would actually be "Vey iz mir!" in Yiddish.
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I find the word 'yuck' at last accortding to your clues. This it the original word I saw. Actually, I think you are right because the meaning of 'yak' indicating on my PC dictionary is 'noisy talk'.
Anyway, thank you very much.
Anyway, thank you very much.
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