yessum
(US, dialectal, dated) : yes, ma'am.
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(US, dialectal, dated) : yes, ma'am.
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Enthusiastic affirmation. Drag-culture spelling of "yes," with elongation for emphasis. Sometimes "yass," "yasss," etc.
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(British, upper class) an affirmative response.
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Lengthened "yes" used to signal real enthusiasm rather than mere confirmation. The trailing S's scale with excitement — "yess", "yesss", "yessss". Used to celebrate someone else's good news ("yess girl"), to acknowledge a correct guess ("yesss exactly"), or to hype up a moment in a sports stream ("yess he scored!"). The plain "yes" has become almost flat in casual texting; "yess" is the new neutral.
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An emphatic, drawn-out "yes" — celebration, agreement, or hype. Sometimes "yassify" (verb): make something more extra. Originated in 1990s Black and Latino ballroom culture; mainstreamed via Lady Gaga-era pop and now used in every group chat on Earth.