"gap yah" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gap yahs [plural]
Etymology: From stereotypical pronunciation by the privileged upper class. Compare yah (“an upper-class person”). Gap Yah was the name of a comedy sketch of this kind, published on YouTube in February 2010. Etymology templates: {{m|en|yah||an upper-class person}} yah (“an upper-class person”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} gap yah (plural gap yahs)
  1. (UK, slang, humorous) A gap year. Wikipedia link: Gap Yah, YouTube Tags: UK, humorous, slang
    Sense id: en-gap_yah-en-noun-O7pQm0Lj Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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