yam yam

See also: yamyam

English

Etymology 1

From the local use of "yow am" (or "yow'm") instead of "you are".

Noun

yam yam (countable and uncountable, plural yam yams)

  1. (countable, UK, informal, sometimes derogatory) A person who speaks the Black Country dialect.
    • 2019, “Am Yow A Yam Yam”‎[1]performed by Johnny Cole:
      "What's 'er say?" 'Er said: "Am yow a Yam Yam?", Ah said "Ar bab, I am!".
  2. (UK, informal, uncountable, sometimes derogatory) The dialect spoken in the Black Country.

Etymology 2

Unknown. Perhaps from yam or yum yum.

Noun

yam yam (uncountable)

  1. (uncountable, colloquial) Heroin.
    • 2007 May 15, Anahad O'Connor, Never Shower in a Thunderstorm: Surprising Facts and Misleading Myths About Our Health and the World We Live In‎[2], page 70:
      You may have seen it during the never-ending repeats of Seinfeld. Elaine has a bagel or two for breakfast, takes a drug test for work, and the next day finds out she tested positive for opium - “You know, white lotus. Yam-yam. Shanghai Sally,” her boss, Mr. Peterman, tells her.
    • 2010, Alexei Sayle, Stalin Ate My Homework‎[3]:
      In the episode with Robert Duvall, Buz revealed that in the past he had his own problems with the White Horse, the Brown Sugar, the old Yam Yam, which seemed like a really cool thing to me.
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