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Yoink vs Boink - What's the difference?

yoink | boink |

As verbs the difference between yoink and boink

is that yoink is to make a yoink sound while boink is an alternative spelling of bonk.

As an interjection yoink

is onomatopoeic, accompanying or describing a yank, or snatch.

As a noun boink is

a real-world social gathering of computer users.

yoink

English

Etymology 1

1954. Onomatopoeic.

Verb

(en verb)
  • (onomatopoeia) To make a yoink sound.
  • (colloquial) To hop or bounce.

    • Etymology 2

    Coined by writer George Meyer for the TV show

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (colloquial) Onomatopoeic, accompanying or describing a yank, or snatch.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (colloquial) To yank or snatch.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "yoink") English terms derived from The Simpsons

    boink

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (computing, slang) A real-world social gathering of computer users.

    • References

    * Usenet newsgroups: [https://groups.google.com/forum/
  • !search/%22a$20boink%22$20meet]