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yam yam en · NOUN · etymology 1
Etymology
From the local use of "yow am" (or "yow'm") instead of "you are".
Meanings
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(UK, countable, derogatory, informal, sometimes) A person who speaks the Black Country dialect.
"What's 'er say?" 'Er said: "Am yow a Yam Yam?", Ah said "Ar bab, I am!".
2019, “Am Yow A Yam Yam”performed by Johnny Cole:
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(UK, derogatory, informal, sometimes, uncountable) The dialect spoken in the Black Country.
Forms
yam yam en · NOUN · etymology 2
Etymology
Unknown. Perhaps from yam or yum yum.
Meanings
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(colloquial, uncountable) Heroin.
In the episode with Robert Duvall, Buz revealed that in the past he had his own problems with the White Horse, the Brown Sugar, the old Yam Yam, which seemed like a really cool thing to me.
2010, Alexei Sayle, Stalin Ate My Homework:You may have seen it during the never-ending repeats of Seinfeld. Elaine has a bagel or two for breakfast, takes a drug test for work, and the next day finds out she tested positive for opium - “You know, white lotus. Yam-yam. Shanghai Sally,” her boss, Mr. Peterman, tells her.
2007 May 15, Anahad O'Connor, Never Shower in a Thunderstorm: Surprising Facts and Misleading Myths About Our Health and the World We Live In, page 70: