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"source": "Thesaurus:yay",
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"source": "Thesaurus:yay",
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"source": "Thesaurus:yay",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:yay",
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"source": "Thesaurus:yay",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:yay",
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"source": "Thesaurus:yay",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:yay",
"word": "whee"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:yay",
"word": "woo hoo"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:yay",
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},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:yay",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:yay",
"word": "whoop-de-doo"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:yay",
"word": "whoopee"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:yay",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:yay",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:yay",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:yay",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:yay",
"word": "yeehaw"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:yay",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:yay",
"word": "yippee"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:yay",
"tags": [
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},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:yay",
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"UK",
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"source": "Thesaurus:yay",
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hǎowā",
"word": "好哇"
},
{
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"word": "萬歲"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wànsuì",
"word": "万岁"
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{
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"word": "hurá"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
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{
"code": "eo",
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"word": "hura"
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{
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"word": "jippii"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"word": "jess"
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{
"code": "fi",
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{
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{
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"word": "ვაშა"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"word": "hurra"
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{
"code": "grc",
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{
"code": "grc",
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{
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{
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{
"code": "is",
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"word": "jei"
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{
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{
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{
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"word": "eba"
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{
"code": "pt",
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"word": "oba"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"word": "iúpi"
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"code": "es",
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"word": "yupi"
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{
"code": "es",
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"word": "órale"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"word": "hurra"
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{
"code": "sv",
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"word": "jippi"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"word": "hurra"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"word": "tjoho"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"word": "yuppi"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"word": "yaşasın"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"word": "hoan hô"
},
{
"alt": "萬歲",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"word": "vạn tuế"
}
],
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"2": "es",
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"name": "der"
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],
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"args": {
"1": "-"
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"expansion": "yay (uncountable)",
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"lang": "English",
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"English slang",
"English terms with quotations",
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"examples": [
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"ref": "2006 December, “They Shootin'”, in Vibe",
"text": "In Billy Corben's engrossing new documentary, Cocaine Cowboys (Magnolia Pictures), self-described \"assassin\" Jorge \"Rivi\" Ayala (among others) give up the goods on Miami's explosive early '80s yay trade.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2009, Tyrone Pierson, Murder in the Moonlight, AuthorHouse, published 2009, page 339",
"text": "I'm in charge of a whole city block, and I always wear gloves when I touch the yay, cuz traces of cocaine show up on my u. a., when I touch it with my bare hands.",
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},
{
"ref": "2012, Azealia Banks, “Liquorice”, in 1991",
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"Cocaine (powder or crack)."
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"(US, slang) Cocaine (powder or crack)."
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"US"
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"word": "yay-yo"
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