yay

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I hadn't thought about it till it came out in the press, so yay, yay for me.

From Barron's • Jan. 17, 2026

“The first one she was yay high and then six months later, she grew. We had to readjust all of our dolls.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2025

It’s saying, “Oh, yay, I get to flunk another math test this week,” when what you mean is that you are freaked out about your consistently terrible grades in math class.

From Salon • Nov. 29, 2024

Roy runs into Phoebe’s teacher — yay, Phoebe, genuinely and always — and she says he seemed “stuck” the last time they spoke, which evidently serves to immediately unstick him.

From New York Times • May 17, 2023

Ud niman angoi yay tolo ay tauan di manasauwanda, ut nananakda’s dūa.

From Kankanay Ceremonies (American Archaeology and Ethnology) by Moss, C. R.