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yolo | yold |

As a phrase YOLO

is you only live once, i.e. expressing the view that one should make the most of the present moment.

As a verb yold is

past participle of yield.

yolo

English

Alternative forms

* yolo *

Phrase

(en-phrase)
  • (Internet slang) you only live once, i.e. expressing the view that one should make the most of the present moment.
  • making this cake mix 11 years past the expiration date bc YOLO

    See also

    * carpe diem

    yold

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) yolde, .

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (obsolete)
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.xi:
  • to yield him loue she doth deny, / Once to me yold , not to be yold againe [...].

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Verb

    (head)
  • (obsolete) preterite of (l).