OK yah
/(ˌ)əʊkeɪ ˈjɑː/British slang
exclamation
In representations or imitation of upper or upper-middle-class speech (originally that of ‘Sloane Rangers’): yes. Also as noun: an utterance of this.
adjective
Of, relating to, or designating a person who is conspicuously or unselfconsciously upper or upper-middle-class in speech; ‘posh’, ‘Sloanie’.
Origin
1980s; earliest use found in The Times. From OK int.1 n.2adverb + yah int.3 n.2.
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