OK yahint.n.adj.

Brit.

/ˌəʊkeɪ ˈjɑː/, U.S.

/ˈˌoʊˌkeɪ ˈjɑ/

Forms: see OK adj., int.¹, n.², and adv. and yah adv. and n.²

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: OK int.¹, yah adv.

Etymology: < OK int.¹ + yah adv.

British slang.

A. int. (and n.)

In representations or imitation of upper or upper-middle-class speech (originally that of ‘Sloane Rangers’): yes. Also as n.: an utterance of this.

ΚΠ

α.

1985 Times 14 Feb. 17/3 I love you very much. OK yah!

1985 Guardian (Nexis) 6 June [The Class War newsletter] adds: ‘The air will ring with the sound of “OK, yahs!” and the Rolls will be double-parked. The last thing that the rich bastards will want is to find their playground invaded by thousands of nasty anarchists.’

1999 Daily Mail (Nexis) 29 June 61 OK yah! City spin doctors are having a spiffing time.

β. 1988 Guardian (Nexis) 12 May The female then did more than a passable imitation of a Sloane Ranger, with ‘okay yah’ as the universal punctuation mark.1990 Sunday Times (Nexis) 20 May Managing director, Pippa Hume, gives Windsor a resounding ‘Okay, yah’.1996 Time Out 31 July 173/4 She can swimply swish over to the royal Apple Mac (attractively personalised with Fabergé eggs) and say triumphantly: ‘Boys, we can go right now, okay yah? Group hug!’2001 Sunday Mirror (Nexis) 25 Mar. 15 Recording on the new Oasis album has been delayed because drummer Alan White is moving house. I'm told Alan is moving upmarket to London's posh Sloane Square—okay yah, our kid!

B. adj.

Of, relating to, or designating a person who is conspicuously or unselfconsciously upper or upper-middle-class in speech; ‘posh’, ‘Sloanie’.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > [adjective] > relating to voice

plummy1963

OK yah1985

plum1986

α.

1987 J. Staynes & M. Storey Goodbye, Nanny Gray v. 56 The voice made an Ok-yah reply and rang off.

2000 Scotsman (Nexis) 12 Jan. 17 Come on, then, you OK-yah, sherry-swilling members of the hunting community. Have a go at a bonxie—if you think you're hard enough.

2001 Mirror (Electronic ed.) 15 May Posh: very ‘OK-yah’ and confident; think Joanna Lumley's plummy voice and long drawn-out vowels in Absolutely Fabulous.

β. 1985 Racing Calendar 213 691 Sandown 24 July... Okay Yah H'cap.1992 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 19 Dec. 8 A wee lassie just out of college armed with a degree in social science and an ‘okay-ya’ accent.2000 Birmingham Post (Nexis) 23 Feb. 11 Tara managed to discipline herself sufficiently to sit down and write her okay-yah column about her week's mindless shopping and partying in The Sunday Times.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ok yah
释义	OK yahint.n.adj. Brit. /ˌəʊkeɪ ˈjɑː/, U.S. /ˈˌoʊˌkeɪ ˈjɑ/ Forms: see OK adj., int.¹, n.², and adv. and yah adv. and n.² Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: OK int.¹, yah adv. Etymology: < OK int.¹ + yah adv. British slang. A. int. (and n.) In representations or imitation of upper or upper-middle-class speech (originally that of ‘Sloane Rangers’): yes. Also as n.: an utterance of this. ΚΠ α. 1985 Times 14 Feb. 17/3 I love you very much. OK yah! 1985 Guardian (Nexis) 6 June [The Class War newsletter] adds: ‘The air will ring with the sound of “OK, yahs!” and the Rolls will be double-parked. The last thing that the rich bastards will want is to find their playground invaded by thousands of nasty anarchists.’ 1999 Daily Mail (Nexis) 29 June 61 OK yah! City spin doctors are having a spiffing time. β. 1988 Guardian (Nexis) 12 May The female then did more than a passable imitation of a Sloane Ranger, with ‘okay yah’ as the universal punctuation mark.1990 Sunday Times (Nexis) 20 May Managing director, Pippa Hume, gives Windsor a resounding ‘Okay, yah’.1996 Time Out 31 July 173/4 She can swimply swish over to the royal Apple Mac (attractively personalised with Fabergé eggs) and say triumphantly: ‘Boys, we can go right now, okay yah? Group hug!’2001 Sunday Mirror (Nexis) 25 Mar. 15 Recording on the new Oasis album has been delayed because drummer Alan White is moving house. I'm told Alan is moving upmarket to London's posh Sloane Square—okay yah, our kid! B. adj. Of, relating to, or designating a person who is conspicuously or unselfconsciously upper or upper-middle-class in speech; ‘posh’, ‘Sloanie’. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > [adjective] > relating to voice plummy1963 OK yah1985 plum1986 α. 1987 J. Staynes & M. Storey Goodbye, Nanny Gray v. 56 The voice made an Ok-yah reply and rang off. 2000 Scotsman (Nexis) 12 Jan. 17 Come on, then, you OK-yah, sherry-swilling members of the hunting community. Have a go at a bonxie—if you think you're hard enough. 2001 Mirror (Electronic ed.) 15 May Posh: very ‘OK-yah’ and confident; think Joanna Lumley's plummy voice and long drawn-out vowels in Absolutely Fabulous. β. 1985 Racing Calendar 213 691 Sandown 24 July... Okay Yah H'cap.1992 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 19 Dec. 8 A wee lassie just out of college armed with a degree in social science and an ‘okay-ya’ accent.2000 Birmingham Post (Nexis) 23 Feb. 11 Tara managed to discipline herself sufficiently to sit down and write her okay-yah column about her week's mindless shopping and partying in The Sunday Times. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < int.n.adj.1985
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