yam yam

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who speaks the Black Country dialect. UK,countable,derogatory,informal,sometimes
    — "What's 'er say?" 'Er said: "Am yow a Yam Yam?", Ah said "Ar bab, I am!".
  2. Heroin. colloquial,uncountable
    — You may have seen it during the never-ending repeats of Seinfeld. Elaine has a bagel or two for breakfast, takes a drug test for work, and the next day finds out she tested positive for opium - “You know, white lotus. Yam-yam. Shanghai Sally,” her boss, Mr. Peterman, tells her.
  3. The dialect spoken in the Black Country. UK,derogatory,informal,sometimes,uncountable

词形变化

yam yams plural

词源

词源 1
From the local use of "yow am" (or "yow'm") instead of "you are".
词源 2
Unknown. Perhaps from yam or yum yum.
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