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Yoinks vs Boinks - What's the difference?

yoinks | boinks |

As verbs the difference between yoinks and boinks

is that yoinks is (yoink) while boinks is (boink).

yoinks

English

Verb

(head)
  • (yoink)

    • 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

    boinks

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (boink)

    • 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]