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Southern polite people say "Yessum" to a female(usually an elder) meaning "Yes Ma'am". Can also be spelled "Yes'm"
Teacher: Warsh the chalk board and then you can go home.
Student: Yessum.
Yessum by Mazui November 13, 2003
Related Words
yessum yesum yessuh yessur yessam Yessamin yessman Yessus yessurr Yeshums
Sorta like "yes ma'am" only spoken very fast.
<Mother> Shave your balls, that tea-bagging session we had last night nearly clogged my throat with hair like a shower drain.
<Daniel> Yessum.
Yessum by Bastardized Bottomburp November 13, 2003
From 1920's america, was used in the deep south by Jem and Scout in the book "To kill a Mocking Bird" means yes
Nicole - "Have you seen my boots"
Jessica - "Yessum, they're by the door"
Yessum by Alix--->foxy brown January 23, 2008
"Yes ma'am," common southern slang. It's a term of respect to a woman, usually older than the speaker.
"Go kill yourself, you stupid fuck."
"...yessum..."
yessum by Fugerko.? November 22, 2003
Yes, that is infact correct.
Person A;"Did you eat dinner last night?"
Person B;"Yessur"
yessur by glenelgian November 30, 2006

yessuh blessuh 

slang used in Hawaii to imply great happiness, another form of “chee hooo”
Instead of getting 4 pork hash, they gave me 6!!! yessuh blessuh!!!”
yessuh blessuh by top bangah November 29, 2018