yassuhadv.

Brit.

/ˈjasʌ/, U.S.

/ˈjæsə/

Forms: 1800s– yassuh, 1800s– yassur, 1900s– assa.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: yes, sir at sir n. 8c.

Etymology: Representing a colloquial, chiefly African-American, pronunciation of yes, sir at sir n. 8c (compare yas adv. and suh n.). Compare earlier yessir adv. and yessum adv.

Chiefly U.S. colloquial.

Used to express assent or agreement: ‘yes, sir’. Cf. yessir adv., yessum adv.Chiefly in representations of African-American speech. Now sometimes used to highlight offensive expectations or stereotypes of black servility (see, e.g., quots. 1992 and 2015¹).

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the mind > language > statement > assent > [interjection]

right1594

do1601

sure1651

all right1814

OK1839

ryebuck1859

yassuh1871

achcha1892

righto1893

same here1896

quaiss kitir1898

check1922

righty-ho1926

oke1929

okey-dokey1932

okey-doke1934

okle-dokle1947

cool1948

seen1973

aight1993

1871 All Year Round 18 Feb. 288/1 ‘I say, you boy, did you meet a young lady on the road to Summerdene?’ ‘Yassur,’ said the boy; ‘just beyond the avenue.’

1888 Life 12 July 26/1 ‘Came home in his usual condition, I suppose?’ ‘Yassuh.’

1936 M. Mitchell Gone with the Wind xxiii. 391 ‘She's not dead? Is she breathing?’ ‘Yassuh, she breathin.’

1973 C. Himes Black on Black 199 ‘Take good care of me, Chops,’ I said... ‘Yassuh.’

1992 R. Kenan Let Dead bury their Dead viii. 180 You come in here..and pull this bullshit TV-movie camera stunt and expect me to whimper like some snot-nosed pickaninny, ‘Yassuh, Mr. Terrell, suh, I'll give you anything, suh.’

2015 C. L. Hughes Country Soul iii. 84 The Masqueraders, one of the first African American clients at American Studios after the King killing, saw their session nearly collapse when lead singer Lee Jones became frustrated by white drummer and producer Gene Chrisman's requests to sing the same line over and over again. ‘Yassuh, massa,’ Jones angrily replied.

2015 K. Mayfield Undertaker's Daughter 57 ‘Is she frozen, Luther?’ ‘Yassuh, sho is, Mr. Mayfield. 'Fraid so.’ Luther spoke softly and slowly.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	yassuh
释义	yassuhadv. Brit. /ˈjasʌ/, U.S. /ˈjæsə/ Forms: 1800s– yassuh, 1800s– yassur, 1900s– assa. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: yes, sir at sir n. 8c. Etymology: Representing a colloquial, chiefly African-American, pronunciation of yes, sir at sir n. 8c (compare yas adv. and suh n.). Compare earlier yessir adv. and yessum adv. Chiefly U.S. colloquial. Used to express assent or agreement: ‘yes, sir’. Cf. yessir adv., yessum adv.Chiefly in representations of African-American speech. Now sometimes used to highlight offensive expectations or stereotypes of black servility (see, e.g., quots. 1992 and 2015¹). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assent > [interjection] right1594 do1601 sure1651 all right1814 OK1839 ryebuck1859 yassuh1871 achcha1892 righto1893 same here1896 quaiss kitir1898 check1922 righty-ho1926 oke1929 okey-dokey1932 okey-doke1934 okle-dokle1947 cool1948 seen1973 aight1993 1871 All Year Round 18 Feb. 288/1 ‘I say, you boy, did you meet a young lady on the road to Summerdene?’ ‘Yassur,’ said the boy; ‘just beyond the avenue.’ 1888 Life 12 July 26/1 ‘Came home in his usual condition, I suppose?’ ‘Yassuh.’ 1936 M. Mitchell Gone with the Wind xxiii. 391 ‘She's not dead? Is she breathing?’ ‘Yassuh, she breathin.’ 1973 C. Himes Black on Black 199 ‘Take good care of me, Chops,’ I said... ‘Yassuh.’ 1992 R. Kenan Let Dead bury their Dead viii. 180 You come in here..and pull this bullshit TV-movie camera stunt and expect me to whimper like some snot-nosed pickaninny, ‘Yassuh, Mr. Terrell, suh, I'll give you anything, suh.’ 2015 C. L. Hughes Country Soul iii. 84 The Masqueraders, one of the first African American clients at American Studios after the King killing, saw their session nearly collapse when lead singer Lee Jones became frustrated by white drummer and producer Gene Chrisman's requests to sing the same line over and over again. ‘Yassuh, massa,’ Jones angrily replied. 2015 K. Mayfield Undertaker's Daughter 57 ‘Is she frozen, Luther?’ ‘Yassuh, sho is, Mr. Mayfield. 'Fraid so.’ Luther spoke softly and slowly. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1871
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