Joe vs Yo - What's the difference?
joe | yo |
A common nickname for Joseph, also used as a formal male given name.
* 1981 , Second Movement , Nebula Winners: Science Fiction Writers of America, Harper&Row, 1981, ISBN 0060148306, page 207
, Joanne or Josephine.
(slang)
(slang)
(military slang) Present]]! [[here, Here!
(African American Vernacular English) contraction of you and are
(colloquial)
(Baltimore)
As nouns the difference between joe and yo
is that joe is a male; a guy; a fellow while yo is abbreviation of {{term||year/years old}.As a proper noun Joe
is a common nickname for Joseph, also used as a formal male given name.As an interjection yo is
A greeting similar to hi.As a contraction yo is
contraction of you and are.As a pronoun yo is
form of your|lang=en.As an abbreviation YO is
years old.joe
English
(wikipedia Joe)Proper noun
(en proper noun)- "With a name like Joe'," '''Joe''' always said, "I had to open a bar and grill, just so I could put up a sign saying '' Joe' s Bar and Grill'."
Derived terms
* average Joe * Joe Average * Joe Blow * Joe College * Joe Schmoe * Joe SixpackSee also
* cup of joe * sloppy joe English diminutives of male given namesyo
English
(wikipedia yo)Etymology 1
From (etyl) yo, io, . More at yea.Interjection
(en interjection)- Yo Paulie! How's it going?
- Yo , check this out!
- Sergeant: ''Smith? ''Private Smith: Yo !
Contraction
(head)- Yo a fool.
Pronoun
(head)- Yo sandwich only has bacon in it. Want some ketchup on that?
- Yo was tuckin' in his shirt! (
Stotko and Troyer 2007
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