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Yass vs Lass - What's the difference?

yass | lass |

As a particle yass

is eye dialect of lang=en.

As a proper noun Yass

is a river in New South Wales, Australia.

As a noun lass is

a young woman or girl.

yass

English

Particle

(head)
  • (US, dialectal)
  • * 1962 (2006), Joseph Commings, "The X Street Murders", The Mammoth Book of Perfect Crimes & Impossible Mysteries
    • Yass . I never got above the rank of shavetail. We were the dogfaces who gave ’em hell at Chateau Thierry.

    lass

    English

    Noun

    (lasses)
  • (archaic, informal) A young woman or girl.
    • "Come and dance, ye lads and lasses !"
  • (Geordie) A sweetheart.

    • Usage notes

    Still prevalent in Scottish English and Northern English dialects such as Geordie (Tyneside), Wearside/County Durham, Northumberland/Northumbrian, Teesside and Yorkshire. Sometimes used poetically in other dialects of English.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    * buffer lass * lad * lassie

    References

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