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Yonks

//jɒŋks// noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A long time (especially a longer time than expected); ages Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, plural, plural-only, slang

    "Haven’t seen him in yonks!"

Etymology

Unknown. First seen in print around 1960. One theory is that it comes from donkey's ears; another is that it is an abbreviation of years, months and weeks.

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