See yo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "I have quickly acclimated myself to the standard form of greeting on campus: \"Oh hey what’s your name? … Yeah, nice to meet you, what're you studying? … Yo that’s sick!\" A script to recite, nearly verbatim, 10 times a day or more.",
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"text": "I have quickly acclimated myself to the standard form of greeting on campus: \"Oh hey what’s your name? … Yeah, nice to meet you, what're you studying? … Yo that’s sick!\" A script to recite, nearly verbatim, 10 times a day or more.",
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