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A small town in southeast South Dakota whose claim to fame includes the following:

1. Home to Tom Brokaw, former anchor of the NBC Nightly News.

2. Football player Lyle Alzado attended Yankton College there.

3. Convicted murder of Wild Bill Hickok, Jack McCall, is buried there.
Employee: You live in Yankton?

Co-worker: (Smiling) Yep!
Yankton by Loxi July 17, 2009

Yankee spank 

Smacking a Yankee hater with your penis in a show of dominance. Can be done in private or in front of a large group and may or may not also be followed up with a good teabagging.
My hoe said she preferred the Red Sox, so I had to Yankee spank a bitch.
Yankee spank by therealmeesh December 6, 2014
The word is a derogatory term used to describe Americans by the Brits, Canadians, Australians and the like; but in the USA used to define an American from the Northern States in the USA, such as New England and the Mid-West.

It was most notably used to describe to the Federal Solders and other Northerners by the Confederates during the Civil War Era. Even though some foreigner’s refer to all American’s as Yankees, does not make it so. Call a Southerner a Yankee and he’ll think you’re either just plain dumb or that you are trying to pick a fight.

The characteristics often associated with a stereotypical Yankee are shrewdness, thrift, craftiness, rudeness, arrogance, and loudness.

To foreigners, a Yankee is an American.
To Americans, a Yankee is a Northerner.
To Easterners, a Yankee is a New Englander.
To New Englanders, a Yankee is a Vermonter.
And in Vermont, a Yankee is somebody who eats pie for breakfast
yankee by OneBadAsp October 15, 2006

Yanky Cranky 

A massage given usually by a prostitute which includes a hand job at the end.
Hey wanna stop by that place in the city and get a yanky cranky before we go out tonight.
Yanky Cranky by Red One July 21, 2009

Yankee Swap

The Yankee Swap is when, at christmas, you take the someone else present giving him/her yours

you can find an example of it in tv series "The Office" (us) season 2, episode 10
in this episode, when the party gets worse:

Michael: I got it! We are going to turn Secret Santa into Yankee Swap.
Jim: What is Yankee Swap?
Michael: One person chooses a gift. The next person can either choose a gift or steal that person's gift. If your gift gets stolen, then you can steal somebody else's gift or choose a new gift.
Jim: I thought that was called Nasty Christmas.
Pam: Yeah, we call it White Elephant.
Michael: Well, I call it fun!
Oscar: Why are we doing this?
Michael: Because it's better. Because it's more special.
Angela: It sounds mean.
Michael: Shut it. No, it's not. Okay, just give it a shot.

Michael: Okay, Meredith is up first. Here's the deal. You can either pick a new gift or you can steal somebody else's gift that they've already gotten, like the oven mitt.
Meredith: I'll take the teapot.
Jim: Oh, shouldn't we ... I bought that specifically for Pam.
Michael: Yankee Swap! That's what makes it fun. Pam, you can steal the oven mitt now.
Pam: I'll take the iPod.
Ryan: And I have to give it to her? I don't have a choice?
Dwight: Yes, now you can steal the oven mitt, the old shirt or the shower radio or pick a new gift.
Stanley: (after Ryan opens a new gift - a nameplate saying 'Kelly') That was meant for Kelly.
Ryan: Yeah, I figured.
Michael: I think this is going great.

Michael: Everyone wants the iPod. It's a huge hit. It is almost a Christmas miracle.

Dwight: Yankee Swap is like Machiavelli meets ... Christmas.

yankee dime 

A quick, innocent kiss. A peck. A child like term used by/for children in the Southern United States. (More common in countryside-raised, 'older' southern families)
My mother had me trained to tell relatives I'd trade them 'A kiss for a yankee dime'. Afterwards, I would demand a yankee dime, and they would all laugh at my ignorance.
yankee dime by MadCow October 10, 2004