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Etymology 1

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From the pronunciation of y /waɪ/ + t for /t/ or /tiː/.

Adjective

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yt

  1. (Internet slang, African-American Vernacular, often derogatory) Alternative spelling of white (Caucasian)
    • 2017 Spring, Tess Griffin, When life gives you lemons, bleach your skin, in Growl (Hofstra English Society & Campus Feminist Collective), issue 1:
      People of color aspire to be light skinned and yt people aspire to be tan. It is only aesthetically pleasing for yt people to be brown.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:yt.

Noun

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yt

  1. (uncommon, Internet slang, African-American Vernacular, derogatory, offensive) Alternative spelling of whitey

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Etymology 2

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Abbreviation of þat (that), the letter y takes the place of the old letter thorn (þ), as in ye for þe (the).

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Conjunction

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yt

  1. (obsolete) Abbreviation of that.
    • 1791, George IV, “Carlton House, 24 July 1791”, in A. Aspinall, editor, The Correspondence of George, Prince of Wales, 1770–1812, volumes II: 1789–1794, London: Cassell, published 1964, page 177:
      The King appear'd to be much hurt at this, told me he did not credit what he told him, as he knew yt. you & I had never had any dispute together, & yt. William & you had had some misunderstanding in Germany []

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Afrikaans

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Preposition

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yt

  1. (Cape Afrikaans) Alternative form of uit

Albanian

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Adjective

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yt m (feminine jote, m plural e tu, f plural e tua)

  1. your (singular)

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There are also alternative forms which can be used before the noun (which will be in the indefinite state, while the forms used after the noun require the noun to be definite). These forms are restricted to personal relationships like family members, for example:

  • yt vëlla (your brother), jot motër (your sister)

These forms are limited to singulars.

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Danish

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Etymology

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From Swedish ut (out). Compare Swedish ute (outdoors, uncool).

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Adjective

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yt (neuter yt, plural and definite singular attributive yt)

  1. out (out of fashion, not popular) [from 1982]

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Finnish

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Noun

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yt

  1. Abbreviation of yhteistoiminta.

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Middle English

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Pronoun

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yt

  1. Alternative form of hit (it)

Determiner

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yt

  1. Alternative form of hit (it)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Verb

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yt

  1. imperative of yte

Yola

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Pronoun

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yt

  1. Alternative form of it
    • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 9-11:
      Yn ercha an aul o' while yt beeth wi gleezom o' core th' oure eyen dwytheth apan ye Vigere o'dicke Zouvereine, Wilyame ee Vourthe,
      In each and every condition it is with joy of heart that our eyes rest upon the representative of that Sovereign, William IV.,

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 114