Citations:yeet
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English citations of yeet
- 2018 September 13, Stacey Ritzen, “What does ‘yeet’ mean—and how did it become a meme?”, in The Daily Dot[1]:
- Yeet can take on any number of uses as a noun or a verb, typically as a way to express a sudden or forceful motion, such as throwing an object long distance.
- 2019 April 26, Allie Lembo, “13 slang words everyone is using and what they really mean”, in Insider Inc.[2]:
- Finally, it's also used as a verb for "[discarding] an item at a high velocity," such as throwing an empty can into the trash. "Yeeting" something may be accompanied by the exclamation of the word.
- 2019 May, John McWhorter, “Why Grown-Ups Keep Talking Like Little Kids”, in The Atlantic[3]:
- One now speaks of "yeeting" an empty can into the trash, and the word has even developed an irregular past-tense form, yote.