Yo vs Colourful - What's the difference?
yo | colourful |
(slang)
(slang)
(military slang) Present]]! [[here, Here!
(African American Vernacular English) contraction of you and are
(colloquial)
(Baltimore)
* 1895 , The Annual of the British School at Athens
* {{quote-news
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, date=June 9
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, title=Euro 2012: Netherlands 0-1 Denmark
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* 1895 , H. Walter Staner and Henry Sturmey, The Autocar
* 2002 ,
As an abbreviation yo
is (l).As an adjective colourful is
.yo
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
)
Synonyms
* (greeting) hey, hi; see also * (interjection) heyEtymology 3
Noun
(head)colourful
English
Adjective
(-)- It was a colourful vase with red and white hoops on the lid, and red bands above and below the main frieze. These bands also carry a metope pattern in white of triple lines and blobs, which can just be distinguished on the photographs.
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- One of the most colourful' people in motor racing, he writes in a '''colourful manner .
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- Hussain celebrated reaching his ton with a gesture towards the media centre, pointing to the number three on the back of his shirt and offering some colourful language.