Definder - what does the word mean?

What is ya'll?

not just for hicks, rednecks, wannabes and pimps like a previous definition states. It is the combination of "You" + "All". Common slang for residents of the southern states.

Are ya'll coming to dinner?
Ya'll aren't suppose to go in there.

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Ya'll - what is it?

The incorrect spelling of the contraction "y'all." In English, we use the apostrophe to replace letters when squishing two or more words together. In the case of y'all, the apostrophe replaces "ou" in "you" or "a" in "ya," depending on whether or not you can pronounce "you" correctly (you all or ya all). The sound of "all" does not change.

"Ya'll" would more correctly be a contraction for "ya will," and it sounds like "yuh-ull" because ya sounds like "yuh" and "'ll" sounds like "ull." In this case, the "ya" sound does not change.

You all:
Are y'all coming with us tonight?
Y'all better not do that!

Ya will:
Ya'll be sorry if ya do that after ya were told not to.
Ya'll be lucky if ya don't get a whippin' for doing it anyway.

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What does "ya'll" mean?

Ya'll is the spelling of the contraction of the word ya + all. Southern post civil war news papers support this. Northern newspapers would spell the word as y'all as an insult.

"When y'all gonna en' 'dis reconstruct?"
-- The New York Times

"When ya'll going to end reconstruction?"
-- The Times Picayune

Both relating to the same quote.

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Ya'll - what does it mean?

Being a New Orleanian born and raised, ya'll is the combination of you + all, with the 'you' being shortened to 'ya' and combined with 'all'.

'You' to 'ya':
Ya' heard me?

Variations include ya'll:
ya'll's
all ya'll
all ya'lls
and
all ya'lls'

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Ya'll - meaning

The correct spelling for the commonly misspelled word, y'all. The word originates in the south-eastern United States and is a contraction formed from the words 'ya' and 'all,' the 'ya' being the short-form of you. The apostrophe is placed after the a because in contractions, letters are removed from the second word, and thus, y'all is gramatically incorrect, leaving ya'll as the proper method of spelling the word.

Will ya'll quiet down for a moment please?

I'll see ya'll later.

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Ya'll - definition

See the correct spelling: y'all

Y'all come back now.

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Ya'll - slang

The wrong spelling of y'all.

Cash has a new tattoo with ya'll on it.

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Ya'll

a word that americans just cant resist saying and they say it so much! also notice how you cant say it without it sounding american

hey ya'll its addison rae here!

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Ya'll

Slang contraction for the 2nd person plural pronoun, utilized amongst the indigenous populations of the southern continental United States.

Origin: Often incorrectly attributed to the contraction of "you + all," the word actually originated from the fusing of "ya + all." The kind of fella who would say ya'll for the first time would not be enunciating a clean and crisp "you" in his daily speech. "You" wasn't in his spoken vocabulary, but "ya" was. Now, try to say "ya all." It is actually not easy to do as two separate words. To say it with a normal cadence, it already almost sounds like ya'll, but with the slightest stutter. "Ya all" quite naturally slips into the familiar pronoun we all use. Ya + all = ya'll. When you look at it that way, the placement of the apostrophe after the "a" makes sense. Alternately, you + all = y'all. However, the ya + all transition more naturally illustrates the origin of "ya'll." "You all" is cumbersome, although that is usually how yall is explained to uninitiated Yankees, whose experience with "ya" is often limited. "You all" just doesn't lead the the inevitable ya'll that "Ya all" does. However, y'all is an accepted alternate spelling.

Imperative: "Ya'll simmer down and go one at a time."

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Ya'll

How idiots spell y'all.

Idiot: ya'll are crazy omfg n00bs

Non-idiot: Y'all are crazy!

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