YADDLETHORPE (vb.)
(Of offended
pooves.) To exit huffily from a boutique.
YARMOUTH (vb.)
To shout at
foreigners in the belief that the louder you speak, the better they'll
understand you.
YATE (n.)
Dishearteningly white piece of
bread which sits limply in a pop-up toaster during a protracted throcking
(q.v.) session.
YEWOON (n.)
One of the hat-hanging
corks which Australians wear for making Qantas commercials.
YESNABY (n.)
'yes, maybe' which means
'no'.
YONDER BOGNIE (n.)
The kind
of restaurant advertised as 'just three minutes from this cinema' which clearly
nobody ever goes to and, even if they had ever contemplated it, have certainly
changed their mind since seeing the advert.
YONKERS (n.)
(Rare.) The combined
thrill of pain and shame when being caught in public plucking your nostril-hairs
and stuffing them into your side-pocket.
YORK (vb.)
To shift the position of the
shoulder straps on a heavy bag or rucksack in a vain attempt to make it seem
lighter.
Hence: to laugh falsely and heartily at an unfunny remark. 'Jasmine
yorked politely, loathing him to the depths of her being' - Virginia Woolf.