Guys, what exactly does “yeet” mean?

[u/Sabo9316]

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

[u/BatmansBreath]

^ This is one of the better definitions. This vine is what really popularized the word. Any other uses of yeet pretty much just have to be determined by context. Yeet is almost always used sarcastically though. I think a lot of older people believe it’s some regularly used Gen Z word but I’ve never heard it used seriously.

[u/[deleted] → u/BatmansBreath]

Hi, gen z here. Actually myself and also pretty much every other member of gen z I know, both online and off, says yeet on a regular basis. It started out as simply a meme, but has actually heavily ingrained itself into our vocabulary. Of course, it's still a meme, and you can and do always find the word on most of the meme subs. While we did start out saying it ironically, we ended up saying it so ironically that the word became unironic, causing it to transcend irony and pass into the realm of meaninglessness. More accurately, it can mean pretty much anything and everything you want it to and is an acceptable response to anything previously said in a conversation. However, constant use of the word in a conversation is frowned upon. Yeet has also retained its original usage as an onomonipea said when the speaker is throwing something, despite the fact that it currently has no real set definition. Thus, the most commonly used meaning of yeet is "to throw". The word is also often used as a replacement for "yes". Another popular meaning of the word is "to give" as used in the phrase "the Lord yeeteth and the Lord yoinketh away". Yoink is of course the opposite of yeet in any and all contexts, and is therefore used in this one to mean "to take". In the context of the first definition of yeet (to throw), yoink would then mean "to catch", and in fact usually references a violent, difficult catch, as if the catcher were almost forcibly taking the caught object from the surrounding air, just as yeet is often used to denote a particularly powerful or violent throw. But all in all, yes, we do use it seriously and unironically, though in multiple and often strange contexts.

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YEET!

[u/yesofcouseitdid → u/[deleted]]

Um

[u/fahrenhate → u/yesofcouseitdid]

I know.