Primarily used in instant messaging, but
may also be incorporated in everyday casual speech, particularly among groups of
friends. The suffix is used to modify the endings of words normally ending in "
y", preceded by a consonantal sound. The a's and y's may be repeated for further emphasis.
party -> partay
sorry -> sorray
booty -> bootay
This effect is used for either one or both of the following purposes:
1) To sound "different". The extra delay of the additional "a" may be used to emphasize that word in a particular sentence. e.g. well SORRAAYYY, which puts emphasis on the word "sorry".
2) To sound
ghetto. Certain phrases
like "off the hizzay" are derived from slang terms associated with
ghetto indivdiuals e.g. gangsters, thugs or their wannabe equivalents.