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An extrememly long time. (noun) Dude, I haven't spoken to you in yonks!
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a long time I went out with her for yonks
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a very long time, usually a number of years "I've been mad for fucking years, absolutely years, been over the edge for yonks, been working me buns off for bands..."
-Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon (Speak to Me) |
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Many years. Ages. I've been living in New York for yonks now
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A long time - too long to contemplate! The quote in Floyd is closer to this: 'I've been mad for fucking years, absolutely years, I've been over the edge for yonks; it's working with bands so long, I think - crikey!'
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all though originally meaning "a long time" it has been loosely evolved to also mean "a lot of something" or "many" I have yonks of work I gotta' catch up on...
Person A: Have you ever had a latte? Person B: yeah, yonks... |
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