It's either 'yes' in a Dutch accent or if you're Sean Connery. Answer from Apprehensive_Two_217 on reddit.com
Quora
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What are slang words for 'yes'? - Quora
Answer (1 of 9): yep, yeah, ya, yeh. The following are from the internet that I googled: ACK – aight – all righty – already – alrighty – and you know this, man – check – cool – damn skippy – damn straight – darn tootin' – disco – forizzle – for real – for reals – fo sheezie – fosheezy – fo shiz...
Urban Dictionary
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Urban Dictionary: Yes
When you are too lazy to give an actual answer to a non-"yes or no" question.
Videos
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Reddit
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r/ENGLISH on Reddit: What does "yesh" mean?
July 21, 2024 -
I was in a shop and saw underpants that said "yesh" on them. What does that mean???
Preply
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Yes slang word | Learn English
October 2, 2016 - You can say "yip", "yah", Or "aha" as a slang word for yes. ... Find an online tutor for 1-on-1 lessons and master the knowledge you need! Prices from just $5 per hour.Explore tutors ... I am not interested in subscribing as some months I will be able to do 6-8 lessons a month, and others I will ...
EF English Live
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Don't Be a Word Bore: Alternative Ways to Say Yes | EF English Live
Yes can be an answer in response to an offer, such as “I’ve got spare tickets to the big game this weekend if you’d like one?” or “I could help you with your homework tonight if you like?” · OK I’d love that! You bet! Alrighty! Fo sho! – a more informal youth slang meaning for sure, or certainly
Wiktionary
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yes - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
An example of yes used to disagree with a statement: the questions "You don’t want it, do you?" and "Don’t you want it?" are answered by "yes" if the respondent does want the item, and "no" if not. Many languages use a specific word for this purpose; see translation table below. ... Colloquial or slang forms: ya, yah, yeah, yeh, yep, yeppers, yup, yuppers, yus, ahuh, mhm, uh huh, ye-es
Oxford English Dictionary
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yes, adv., n., & int. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
Yes, but the Rascal will nibble off twenty Baits before you can take him. H. Fielding, Old Debauchees iii. viii. 36 ... H. B. Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin vol. II. xxii. 68 ... Anabel. That's rather mean of you. You should savvy, and let it go without saying.
TikTok
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Ranker
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20 Hilarious Slang Words For 'Yes'
July 15, 2025 - Over 80 fans have voted on the 20 Hilarious Slang Words For 'Yes'. Current Top 3: Yeah, Yup, Okie Dokie
Wikipedia
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Yas (slang) - Wikipedia
May 24, 2025 - Yas (/jɑːs/ YAHSS), sometimes spelled yass, is a playful or facetious slang term equivalent to the excited or celebratory use of the interjection yes. Yas was added to Oxford Dictionaries in 2017 and defined as a form of exclamation "expressing great pleasure or excitement".
Thinkers50
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When Does Yes Mean No? - Thinkers50
July 3, 2023 - Each culture has its share of slangs and idiom: ‘that’s a piece of cake’, ‘let’s get the ball rolling’, ‘catch-22’ etc. They are culture-specific and can make a piece of communication confusing for a non-native speaker. Ask open-ended questions. Try to avoid yes/no questions such as ‘Do you understand?’ or ‘can you do it’? And instead, use open-ended questions starting with ‘what’, ‘when’, ‘who’, ‘how’ and ‘why’. This may take more time at first but will reduce misunderstanding in the long run.
EngDic
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25+ Slang for Yes (Their Uses & Meanings) - EngDic
August 26, 2023 - What Does Yes Mean? “Yes” is an affirmative response indicating agreement, approval, or confirmation in response to a question or statement. It signifies a positive acknowledgment or acceptance of what has been asked or suggested.
Dictionary.com
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YES Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
Yes definition: (used to express affirmation or assent or to mark the addition of something emphasizing and amplifying a previous statement).. See examples of YES used in a sentence.
Urban Thesaurus
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Slang for yes (Related Terms) - Urban Thesaurus
As you've probably noticed, the slang synonyms for "yes" are listed above. Note that due to the nature of the algorithm, some results returned by your query may only be concepts, ideas or words that are related to "yes" (perhaps tenuously).
Quora
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How to say yes in English slang - Oxford Comma - Quora
Answer (1 of 3): Lots of ways. Here are some options: Yeah yup yessir yessiree oh yeah! Uh huh you know it!
Collins Dictionary
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YES Synonyms | Collins English Thesaurus
`Are you a friend of his?' `Yes'. Synonyms · yeah (informal) Yeah, alright, I'll come. sure · okay · aye (Scottish, informal) affirmative (formal) uh-huh (slang) ya (South Africa) `Are you coming now?' `Ya.' yup (informal) yebo (South Africa, informal) See examples for synonyms ·
Reddit
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r/ENGLISH on Reddit: UK - What does answering "can do" instead of "yes" mean (to you)?
September 5, 2024 -
So I've been living in the UK for 17 years - I am German so English is not my mother tongue
My husband is from the North West of the UK (plazzy scouser..lol). And every now and then we have this conversation about saying "can do" as a response to someone making a suggestion.
He argued that it just means "yes". To me it always sounds a bit like "yeah, if I absolutely HAVE to :eyeroll:" or "I don't want to do it but I'll do it to please you".
He denies that and says that it just means yes. His mum also agrees with him but most of my friends in other parts of the country (especially Yorkshire) agree with me. He argues it's a North West/East thing.
I am on my phone so can't add a survey but I am curious whether this is actually a regional thing or whether it's just a personal/family habit.
It doesn't help that there are quite a few "what the British really mean memes like the one I uploaded.
As a German we have a similar way of responding but I'd say it depends on your intonation which will reveal your true feelings: "Kann ich machen/Können wir machen" - if your really want to do it you'd probably say "Können wir gerne machen" - if you don't want to do it you leave the "gerne" out and look a bit bored while saying it
"can do" on the other hand seems to always sound the same I also realise that can do and could do could mean two completely different things depending on context.
Can you chip in and also tell me which region your are from?
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(Not British but) Australian here, "can do" generally means yes. Actually, I'd argue it usually is "yes" but with enthusiasm, same tone as "I'd be happy to do it".
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as a Brit it could either mean "could you do .....?" "sure, can do!" or "we could do ...." "yeah, we can do" in a nutshell, it's either an enthusiastic agreement or an acknowledgement of a good or interesting idea or suggestion
Thesaurus.com
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254 Synonyms & Antonyms for YES | Thesaurus.com
I was trying to think back to whether I'd have done the same thing as a striker and, yes, I would.
Merriam-Webster
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YES Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words | Merriam-Webster Thesaurus
Synonyms for YES: yeah, OK, alright, yep, aye, all right, yo, yea; Antonyms of YES: no, nay, scarcely, no way, negative, con, non placet, refusal
Reddit
reddit.com › r/words › does anyone have any idea the origin of saying "word to mean "yes"?
r/words on Reddit: does anyone have any idea the origin of saying "word to mean "yes"?
May 13, 2016 -
I imagine its from hip-hop but its a terrible thing to try and google...
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I can't say for certain, though can anyone really? "Word" as in yes doesn't appear to be something we can trace to one individual. And yet, filmmaker/all-around cool guy, Jim Jarmusch postulates a rather interesting etymology for the word involving a character unique to the exploding Brooklyn of the late seventies/early eighties. “Someone told me, I don’t know if it’s true, that Rammellzee is the originator of the use of the word “word”, in hip hop slang. That he started that way back, and would answer people by just saying “word.” And that that spread from Rammellzee, I don’t know if that’s true or myth, but if you have to imagine an origin, the idea of reducing everything to the word “word” is so Rammellzee-like.” Of course even Jarmusch has to admit to his incredulity, and yet it doesn't detract from the sense you get of how much he would like that story to be true, and to be sure, the quote posted above continues into a more general and quite interesting conversation about his views on Rammellzee and on language more generally. He's no end-all authority (Jarmusch for example, is a Shakespeare wasn't Shakespeare thumper), but a fine, questioning voice to be in company with
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I often see it spelled "werd". According to Urban Dictionary the "origin is based on the remembrance of WERD; the first black-owned radio station, based out of the Masonic building in Atlanta, Georgia, owned and operated between 1949-1968 by Jesse B. Blayton and a means of media exposure for Dr. Martin Luther King" But that's from a random UD contributor so take it with a grain of salt. OED's earliest reference for word/word up is 1981: J. Spicer et al. Money (Dollar Bill Y'all) (song) in L. A. Stanley Rap: the Lyrics (1992) 301 Word.., that's a good record, man. The timing and place fits with the Jarmusch's Rammellzee story, as Spicer is also from New York.