y'all

(pron.) A contraction for "you all," used primarily in the southern United States. The possessive of "y'all" is "y'all's" as in:

"Do y'all have y'all's stuff packed for the trip?"

Regional note: Often the use of "y'all all" is perfectly acceptable for many Southerners:

"Y'all all have a great time tonight!" is equivalent to:

"All y'all have a great time tonight!"

Every reputable source states that "y'all" is used only as the second person plural pronoun (addressing more than one person). Quoting one source: Southerners do not, as is sometimes believed, use "you-all" or "y'all" for both singular and plural "you."

But this is not altogether true. In some cases, particularly when a heated exchange is taking place in a trailer community between two partners or individuals, "y'all" is perfectly normal for use as the second person singular pronoun:

"I've HAD it with yore horse shit, Jesse Sue! Y'all can go FUCK OFF!!"

NOTE: This is useful because the person addressing Jesse Sue can imply both Jesse Sue (by herself) AND her biological family members in the same statement.

"Did y'all fuck Jesse Sue last night?"

"Y'all's grandma is a whore!"

"Y'all all git y'all's ass outta here!"

"Y'all come again."

by Rick Roberson March 6, 2012

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y'all

Fake word. Not a contraction. The phrase is "you all". Used by fake Southerners and Black wannabes. Hipster douchebag slang.

Did y'all see that game where Giannis kicked ass?

by mbradleyc October 20, 2021

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Y'all can't behave

An excuse for a moderator to lock a thread. Usually, it is for one of two reasons:

1: The moderator is too lazy to do their job.

2: The moderator didn't like what the commenters were saying.

Commenter 1: How did this get 2000 upvotes in 30 minutes?

—Commenter 2: ikr? and what's up with the pinned comment? it sounds like an ad!

——Commenter 3: inb4 “y'all can't behave”

One hour later…

Moderator: locked 'cuz y'all can't behave💀

deleted: removed

—deleted: removed

——deleted: removed

by bruhthisismyhandle August 13, 2022

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Y'alling

Any ham-handed effort by a non-southern person of flavoring communication with an intentionally folksy tone by inexpertly appropriating any southern expression and accidentally revealing the intention.

Y'alling example....Hey y'all, understanding that some folks may take exception to the trans-exclusionary feminist decision to ban any and all penises from the upcoming Femme-fest, we huddled and made the executive decision anybody who does could take it up at the next Board Meeting in advance of next year's festivities.

by Sephenator September 16, 2022

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