yung

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Pronunciations

yung (YUUNG) listen

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Definitions

  • n. Fellow, youth, lad.

Example Sentences

  • "He's a very disrespectful yung."

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • יונג yung

      • Who Uses This

      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

      Alternative Spellings

      jung, yong, jong

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