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yonks

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
12
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/jɒŋks/(UK)

Definition of yonks

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, plural, plural-only, slang)A long time (especially a longer time than expected); ages
    “Haven’t seen him in yonks!”
    “I’ve been a teacher for yonks–I should really try another career.”
    “This egg is taking yonks to boil.”
    “I rang singer Julie Driscoll […] She said: "I haven't heard from you for yonks[…]"”
    “Alas, the comics for that age group have nearly all picture stories today—and of course the ones for younger readers have been that way for yonks (sorry, years).”

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Etymology

Unknown. First seen in print around 1960. One theory is that it comes from donkey's ears; another is that it is an abbreviation of years, months and weeks.

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