yassumadv.

Brit.

/ˈjas(ə)m/, U.S.

/ˈjæs(ə)m/

Forms: 1800s– yas'm, 1800s– yass'm, 1800s– yassum, 1900s– yas'um, 1900s– yasum.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: English yes, ma'am.

Etymology: Representing an African-American pronunciation of yes, ma'am (see yessum adv. and compare yas adv.). Compare earlier yessum adv. and yassuh adv.

U.S. colloquial.

Used to express assent or agreement when replying to a woman: ‘yes, ma'am’. Cf. yassuh adv.Chiefly in representations of African-American speech. Now sometimes used to highlight offensive expectations or stereotypes of black servility (see, e.g. quot. 2006).

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1872 Atlantic Monthly Sept. 329/2 Mother began with a short eulogy,..to which Sank responded, ‘Yas, 'm,’ regularly at every tenth word.]

1882 Puck (N.Y.) 4 Jan. 288/2 ‘Habn't I raised you up in the way you should ought to go?’ ‘Yassum.’

1914 Crisis Apr. 294/2 ‘It's all right now, Jimmy. You're my boy now.’ A contented smile and a murmured: ‘Yas'm, 's all right now.’

1953 J. M. Brewer Word on Brazos 71 Dey all says, ‘Yassum, we unnuhstan's hit now.’

2006 K. G. Bates Chosen People iii. 26 ‘I am not Scarlett O'Hara. And you, certainly, are not Mammy.’ ‘Yassum,’ I'd inevitably reply, pissing her off further.

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

单词	yassum
释义	yassumadv. Brit. /ˈjas(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈjæs(ə)m/ Forms: 1800s– yas'm, 1800s– yass'm, 1800s– yassum, 1900s– yas'um, 1900s– yasum. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: English yes, ma'am. Etymology: Representing an African-American pronunciation of yes, ma'am (see yessum adv. and compare yas adv.). Compare earlier yessum adv. and yassuh adv. U.S. colloquial. Used to express assent or agreement when replying to a woman: ‘yes, ma'am’. Cf. yassuh adv.Chiefly in representations of African-American speech. Now sometimes used to highlight offensive expectations or stereotypes of black servility (see, e.g. quot. 2006). ΚΠ 1872 Atlantic Monthly Sept. 329/2 Mother began with a short eulogy,..to which Sank responded, ‘Yas, 'm,’ regularly at every tenth word.] 1882 Puck (N.Y.) 4 Jan. 288/2 ‘Habn't I raised you up in the way you should ought to go?’ ‘Yassum.’ 1914 Crisis Apr. 294/2 ‘It's all right now, Jimmy. You're my boy now.’ A contented smile and a murmured: ‘Yas'm, 's all right now.’ 1953 J. M. Brewer Word on Brazos 71 Dey all says, ‘Yassum, we unnuhstan's hit now.’ 2006 K. G. Bates Chosen People iii. 26 ‘I am not Scarlett O'Hara. And you, certainly, are not Mammy.’ ‘Yassum,’ I'd inevitably reply, pissing her off further. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1882
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