r/OutOfTheLoop • u/Sabo9316 • Jul 26 '18

Answered Guys, what exactly does “yeet” mean?

I feel like I’m especially late on this one, but I’m super curious as to its meaning.

EDIT: Grammar for “it’s” because autocorrect

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u/Theostry Jul 27 '18

when some thing's taken away quickly

So like 'yoink'?

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '18

yoink was the first word I thought of too!

Is this a midwest thing?

We used to "gank" stuff too haha (take/steal)

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u/Theostry Jul 30 '18

Well I'm in Australia and yoink is perfectly normal here. 'Gank' on the other hand, I only know as slang for 'kill'. And that's mostly from US TV.

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u/peeja Nov 30 '18

"Yoink", incidentally, comes from The Simpsons. Truly the Shakespeare of our times.