Jester's Condescending English Dictionary - Y

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Yearn
A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments.

-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
Yinkeln
A person who combs his hair over his bald spot, hoping no one
will notice.

-- Rich Hall, "Sniglets"
yo-yon
Something that is occasionally up but normally down.
(see also Computer).

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