Yt

//waɪt// adj, conj, name, noun

adj, conj, name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative letter-case form of yt (“whitey”). alt-of
  2. 2
    Alternative spelling of whitey (“Caucasian person”). alt-of, alternative, derogatory, offensive, often, uncommon

    "My handle is the ytcracker / The progenitor of all the nerd rap that you're hearing today."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of white (“Caucasian”). alt-of, alternative, derogatory, often

    "People of color aspire to be light skinned and yt people aspire to be tan. It is only aesthetically pleasing for yt people to be brown."

Conjunction
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of that. abbreviation, alt-of, obsolete

    "The King appear'd to be much hurt at this, told me he did not credit what he told him, as he knew yt. you & I had never had any dispute together, & yt. William & you had had some misunderstanding in Germany[…]"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of the Yukon Territory: a territory of Canada. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 2
    Abbreviation of YouTube, a popular video hosting website. Internet, abbreviation, alt-of

Example

More examples

"People of color aspire to be light skinned and yt people aspire to be tan. It is only aesthetically pleasing for yt people to be brown."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From the pronunciation of y (/waɪ/) + t (/t/ or /tiː/).

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of þat (“that”), the letter y takes the place of the old letter thorn (þ), as in ye for þe (“the”).

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