YER

Etymology

Noun

Yer (plural Yers)

A member of Generation Y.

Anagrams

• -ery, Rey, Rye, e'ry, eyr, rye, yre

Etymology 1

Most likely from the intrusive R, between "yeah" (/jəː/) and a non-high vowel (/ə/, /ɪə/, /ɑː/, /ɔː/). For example, "Yeah-r-I know" (/jəɹ ʌɪ nəʊ/)

Pronoun

yer

(UK, slang or dialectal, uncommon) Pronunciation spelling of you.

Adverb

yer

(UK, slang or dialectal) Pronunciation spelling of yeah, yes.

Contraction

yer

(UK, slang or dialectal) Pronunciation spelling of you're, you are.

Determiner

yer

(UK or Southern US, slang or dialectal) Pronunciation spelling of your.

Etymology 2

Noun

yer (plural yers)

Either of the letters ъ and ь in Cyrillic alphabets, which originally represented phonemically the ultra-short vowels in Slavic languages.

Anagrams

• -ery, Rey, Rye, e'ry, eyr, rye, yre

Source: Wiktionary


Yer, prep.

Definition: Ere; before. [Obs.] Sylvester.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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